Its story

HIP 26430 has a visual magnitude of about 7.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26430: right ascension 5h 37m 29s, declination +44° 35′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26430. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26430, HD 36973, Gaia DR3 197334407017080064. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.