Its story

HIP 26872 has a visual magnitude of about 7.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26872: right ascension 5h 42m 20s, declination +43° 3′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26872, HD 37657, Gaia DR3 196027701871612672. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.