Its story

HIP 26561 has a visual magnitude of about 7.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26561: right ascension 5h 38m 53s, declination +2° 51′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26561. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26561, HD 37467, Gaia DR3 3224056272061897728. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.