Its story

HIP 26071 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26071: right ascension 5h 33m 38s, declination +34° 43′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26071. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26071, HD 36499, Gaia DR3 182996225637050112. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.