Its story

HIP 26796 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26796: right ascension 5h 41m 27s, declination −33° 24′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26796. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26796, HD 38056, Gaia DR3 2900979348769551744. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.