Its story

HIP 26974 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26974: right ascension 5h 43m 27s, declination +52° 29′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26974, HD 37693, Gaia DR3 215599288018509824. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.