Its story

HIP 26887 has a visual magnitude of about 7.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26887: right ascension 5h 42m 30s, declination +10° 32′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26887. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26887, HD 37943, Gaia DR3 3336593520548517376. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.