Its story

HIP 26940 has a visual magnitude of about 6.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26940: right ascension 5h 43m 1s, declination +73° 59′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 26940. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26940, HD 36971, Gaia DR3 499670452199673088. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.