Its story

HIP 26738 has a visual magnitude of about 6.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26738: right ascension 5h 40m 52s, declination −29° 43′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26738. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26738, HD 37961, Gaia DR3 2904093234419280384. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.