Its story

HIP 26842 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26842: right ascension 5h 41m 58s, declination −62° 54′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Dorado constellation (IAU figure Dor).

HIP 26842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26842, HD 38511, Gaia DR3 4756779466921672192. In the SkyKeepsake Dorado (Dor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.