Its story

HIP 26656 has a visual magnitude of about 8.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26656: right ascension 5h 39m 55s, declination −3° 19′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26656, HD 37642, Gaia DR3 3215836323132227584. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.