Its story

HIP 79031 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79031: right ascension 16h 7m 52s, declination −24° 27′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 79031. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79031, HD 144661, Gaia DR3 6241992180213281920. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.