Its story

HIP 26012 has a visual magnitude of about 7.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26012: right ascension 5h 33m 4s, declination −1° 14′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26012. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26012, HD 36628, Gaia DR3 3217619009438820864. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.