Its story

HIP 26924 has a visual magnitude of about 6.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26924: right ascension 5h 42m 53s, declination −33° 57′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26924. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26924, HD 38253, Gaia DR3 2900889115799087104. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.