Its story

HIP 26436 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26436: right ascension 5h 37m 33s, declination −27° 35′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26436. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26436, HD 37459, Gaia DR3 2907627855064856064. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.