Its story

HIP 82879 has a visual magnitude of about 6.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 82879: right ascension 16h 56m 17s, declination −61° 38′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Ara constellation (IAU figure Ara).

HIP 82879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82879, HD 152273, Gaia DR3 5818352686502621056. In the SkyKeepsake Ara (Ara) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.