Its story

HIP 26418 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26418: right ascension 5h 37m 22s, declination +7° 40′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26418. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26418, HD 37233, Gaia DR3 3334385903060667392. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.