Its story

HIP 79261 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79261: right ascension 16h 10m 36s, declination −53° 52′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 79261. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79261, HD 144855, Gaia DR3 5932639945308917888. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.