Its story

HIP 26515 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26515: right ascension 5h 38m 17s, declination −50° 38′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 26515. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26515, HD 37781, Gaia DR3 4793418733401275520. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.