Its story

HIP 26996 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26996: right ascension 5h 43m 38s, declination +59° 56′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 26996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26996, HD 37613, Gaia DR3 282327136880457984. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.