Its story

HIP 79079 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 79079: right ascension 16h 8m 33s, declination −62° 58′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).

HIP 79079. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79079, HD 144231, Gaia DR3 5829233728467246592. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.