Its story

HIP 26679 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 26679: right ascension 5h 40m 12s, declination −43° 35′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26679. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26679, HD 37972, Gaia DR3 4802840585979707392. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.