Its story

HIP 26971 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26971: right ascension 5h 43m 24s, declination +5° 21′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26971, HD 38098, Gaia DR3 3320758697681831552. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.