Its story

HIP 79948 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79948: right ascension 16h 19m 9s, declination −6° 52′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 79948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79948, HD 146949, Gaia DR3 4354994931458332672. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.