Its story

HIP 26846 has a visual magnitude of about 8.56: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26846: right ascension 5h 42m 1s, declination −18° 58′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 26846. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26846, Gaia DR3 2967242757048961024. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.