Its story

HIP 26230 has a visual magnitude of about 7.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26230: right ascension 5h 35m 20s, declination +43° 14′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26230. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26230, HD 36641, Gaia DR3 195522824172054912. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.