Its story

HIP 26044 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26044: right ascension 5h 33m 20s, declination +8° 32′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26044. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26044, HD 36601, Gaia DR3 3334734452543788800. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.