Its story

HIP 26631 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26631: right ascension 5h 39m 36s, declination +6° 52′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26631. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26631, HD 37543, Gaia DR3 3333532338440116224. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.