Its story

HIP 79229 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79229: right ascension 16h 10m 10s, declination −24° 34′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 79229. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79229, HD 145127, Gaia DR3 6049847575458556800. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.