Its story

HIP 26508 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26508: right ascension 5h 38m 14s, declination −1° 10′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26508. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26508, HD 37397, Gaia DR3 3217494386667197312. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.