Its story

HIP 79962 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79962: right ascension 16h 19m 17s, declination −35° 29′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 79962. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79962, HD 146745, Gaia DR3 6023004717057813888. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.