Its story

HIP 79060 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79060: right ascension 16h 8m 17s, declination −51° 38′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 79060. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79060, HD 144417, Gaia DR3 5933480796731373440. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.