Its story

HIP 26059 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 26059: right ascension 5h 33m 30s, declination +52° 39′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26059. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26059, HD 36278, Gaia DR3 263821394109246080. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.