Its story

HIP 79479 has a visual magnitude of about 6.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79479: right ascension 16h 13m 12s, declination −34° 18′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 79479. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79479, HD 145596, Gaia DR3 6023000284663096448. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.