Its story

HIP 79685 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79685: right ascension 16h 15m 47s, declination +53° 14′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 79685. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79685, HD 146870, Gaia DR3 1427909160851355392. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.