Its story

HIP 26497 has a visual magnitude of about 9.59: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26497: right ascension 5h 38m 8s, declination −7° 45′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 26497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26497, HD 37413, Gaia DR3 3015641815791695872. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.