Its story

HIP 26579 has a visual magnitude of about 8.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26579: right ascension 5h 39m 1s, declination −2° 38′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26579. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26579, HD 37525, Gaia DR3 3216485103712446464. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.