Its story

HIP 26417 has a visual magnitude of about 7.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26417: right ascension 5h 37m 20s, declination +47° 56′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26417. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26417, HD 36878, Gaia DR3 210854208147709952. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.