Its story

HIP 17961 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17961: right ascension 3h 50m 24s, declination +19° 15′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17961, HD 24029, Gaia DR3 50799022048726784. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.