Its story

HIP 26420 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26420: right ascension 5h 37m 22s, declination −38° 1′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26420. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26420, HD 37496, Gaia DR3 4809315747394228480. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.