Its story

HIP 26079 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26079: right ascension 5h 33m 44s, declination −54° 54′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 26079. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26079, HD 37226, Gaia DR3 4766987092345141376. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.