Its story

HIP 26724 has a visual magnitude of about 7.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26724: right ascension 5h 40m 44s, declination −12° 13′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 26724. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26724, HD 37809, Gaia DR3 3009277705052858880. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.