Its story

HIP 79343 has a visual magnitude of about 6.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79343: right ascension 16h 11m 33s, declination −27° 9′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 79343. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79343, HD 145353, Gaia DR3 6042486894865964544. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.