Its story

HIP 26602 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26602: right ascension 5h 39m 16s, declination −17° 50′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 26602. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26602, HD 37643, Gaia DR3 2970394300970979840. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.