Its story

HIP 26522 has a visual magnitude of about 9.87: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 26522: right ascension 5h 38m 26s, declination +4° 14′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 26522. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 26522, HD 245897, Gaia DR3 3224496656533177344. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.