Its story

HIP 26692 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26692: right ascension 5h 40m 19s, declination +15° 20′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26692. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26692, HD 37603, Gaia DR3 3395863210240061824. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.