Its story

HIP 26026 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26026: right ascension 5h 33m 9s, declination −65° 56′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Dorado constellation (IAU figure Dor).

HIP 26026. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26026, HD 37379, Gaia DR3 4660687923106428928. In the SkyKeepsake Dorado (Dor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.