Its story

HIP 17053 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17053: right ascension 3h 39m 24s, declination −20° 35′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 17053. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17053, HD 22839, Gaia DR3 5100891696912912384. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.