Its story

HIP 79786 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79786: right ascension 16h 16m 59s, declination −80° 48′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 79786. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79786, HD 144266, Gaia DR3 5775140711288343680. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.