Its story

HIP 26473 has a visual magnitude of about 7.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26473: right ascension 5h 37m 51s, declination −28° 56′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26473. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26473, HD 37510, Gaia DR3 2907194063367657472. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.