Its story

HIP 25873 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25873: right ascension 5h 31m 24s, declination +12° 33′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 25873. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25873, HD 36308, Gaia DR3 3341047161115131904. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.