Its story

HIP 79048 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79048: right ascension 16h 8m 7s, declination −18° 14′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 79048. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79048, HD 144766, Gaia DR3 6248975212915989888. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.