Its story

HIP 26820 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26820: right ascension 5h 41m 40s, declination −2° 53′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26820. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26820, HD 37904, Gaia DR3 3216231563202960256. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.