Its story

HIP 26521 has a visual magnitude of about 6.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26521: right ascension 5h 38m 26s, declination −54° 57′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 26521. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26521, HD 37877, Gaia DR3 4768284756583994880. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.