Its story

HIP 26306 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 26306: right ascension 5h 36m 9s, declination +12° 26′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26306. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26306, HD 37033, Gaia DR3 3341180202023733120. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.