Its story

HIP 26981 has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26981: right ascension 5h 43m 30s, declination −39° 24′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26981. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26981, HD 38385, Gaia DR3 4808214586499020288. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.