Its story

HIP 25980 has a visual magnitude of about 5.30: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25980: right ascension 5h 32m 41s, declination −1° 35′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 25980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25980, HD 36591, Gaia DR3 3217232836041932800. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.