Its story

HIP 26870 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26870: right ascension 5h 42m 18s, declination +2° 22′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26870, HD 37958, Gaia DR3 3223218925237041280. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.