Its story

HIP 26524 has a visual magnitude of about 7.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26524: right ascension 5h 38m 27s, declination −5° 2′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26524. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26524, HD 37444, Gaia DR3 3017389558256819200. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.