Its story

HIP 26038 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 26038: right ascension 5h 33m 17s, declination +45° 14′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 26038. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26038, HD 36333, Gaia DR3 207981214330865024. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.