Its story

HIP 26509 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26509: right ascension 5h 38m 14s, declination −39° 19′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 26509. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26509, Gaia DR3 4808075876235082752. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.