Its story

HIP 80479 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80479: right ascension 16h 25m 41s, declination +9° 22′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 80479. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80479, HD 148148, Gaia DR3 4452583632171204608. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.