Its story

HIP 79506 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79506: right ascension 16h 13m 28s, declination +39° 49′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79506. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79506, HD 146211, Gaia DR3 1379205915342556544. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.