Its story

HIP 25944 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25944: right ascension 5h 32m 12s, declination −53° 48′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 25944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25944, HD 36969, Gaia DR3 4768601896969079808. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.