Its story

HIP 26279 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26279: right ascension 5h 35m 45s, declination +18° 45′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26279. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26279, HD 36911, Gaia DR3 3397902117114164992. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.