Its story

HIP 25960 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25960: right ascension 5h 32m 18s, declination +42° 24′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 25960. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25960, HD 36229, Gaia DR3 194713961571648768. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.