Its story

HIP 27257 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27257: right ascension 5h 46m 40s, declination +10° 55′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 27257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27257, HD 38494, Gaia DR3 3336947288414901632. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.