Its story

HIP 79843 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79843: right ascension 16h 17m 50s, declination −13° 22′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 79843. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79843, HD 146662, Gaia DR3 4329968019584736000. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.