Its story

HIP 79081 has a visual magnitude of about 6.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79081: right ascension 16h 8m 35s, declination −39° 5′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 79081. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79081, HD 144667, Gaia DR3 5997082115537645696. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.