Its story

HIP 25298 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25298: right ascension 5h 24m 42s, declination −52° 18′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Dorado constellation (IAU figure Dor).

HIP 25298. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25298, HD 35859, Gaia DR3 4771835595026248832. In the SkyKeepsake Dorado (Dor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.