Its story

HIP 25986 has a visual magnitude of about 7.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25986: right ascension 5h 32m 44s, declination +45° 29′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 25986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25986, HD 36244, Gaia DR3 208190331994634496. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.