Its story

HIP 26518 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26518: right ascension 5h 38m 22s, declination +8° 29′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26518. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26518, HD 37355, Gaia DR3 3334588939052267008. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.