Its story

HIP 25480 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25480: right ascension 5h 26m 59s, declination −2° 21′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 25480. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25480, HD 35777, Gaia DR3 3217072174202699264. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.