Its story

HIP 79599 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79599: right ascension 16h 14m 29s, declination −21° 6′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 79599. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79599, HD 145964, Gaia DR3 6243044378479191808. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.