Its story

HIP 26020 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 26020: right ascension 5h 33m 7s, declination −1° 43′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26020. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26020, HD 36646, Gaia DR3 3217181124645104384. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.