Its story

HIP 17594 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17594: right ascension 3h 46m 9s, declination −36° 8′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 17594. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17594, HD 23739, Gaia DR3 4857061112116879360. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.