Its story

HIP 26712 has a visual magnitude of about 6.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26712: right ascension 5h 40m 36s, declination +31° 21′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26712. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26712, HD 37519, Gaia DR3 3447703809100726400. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.