Its story

HIP 17508 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 17508: right ascension 3h 44m 57s, declination −21° 34′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 17508. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17508, HD 23506, Gaia DR3 5088532980056830976. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.