Its story

HIP 25856 has a visual magnitude of about 7.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25856: right ascension 5h 31m 10s, declination −42° 17′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 25856. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25856, HD 36648, Gaia DR3 4806195676992118784. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.