Its story

HIP 26744 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 26744: right ascension 5h 40m 58s, declination +32° 53′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26744. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26744, HD 37574, Gaia DR3 3448410657639298048. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.