Its story

HIP 26116 has a visual magnitude of about 7.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26116: right ascension 5h 34m 10s, declination +43° 56′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26116. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26116, HD 36468, Gaia DR3 195802821680006144. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.