Its story

HIP 25685 has a visual magnitude of about 6.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25685: right ascension 5h 29m 7s, declination −30° 7′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 25685. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25685, HD 36255, Gaia DR3 2905699620907349376. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.