Its story

HIP 26031 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26031: right ascension 5h 33m 14s, declination +51° 28′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26031. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26031, HD 36242, Gaia DR3 263464258991122560. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.