Its story

HIP 26297 has a visual magnitude of about 7.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26297: right ascension 5h 36m 1s, declination +63° 31′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 26297. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26297, HD 36420, Gaia DR3 287304522939261184. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.