Its story

HIP 79000 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79000: right ascension 16h 7m 35s, declination −36° 43′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 79000. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79000, HD 144475, Gaia DR3 5998681183394302464. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.