Its story

HIP 17944 has a visual magnitude of about 8.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17944: right ascension 3h 50m 13s, declination +16° 0′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17944, HD 24014, Gaia DR3 43367422956762368. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.