Its story

HIP 17426 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17426: right ascension 3h 44m 0s, declination +14° 37′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17426. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17426, HD 23233, Gaia DR3 41300684693279872. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.