Its story

HIP 79900 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 79900: right ascension 16h 18m 33s, declination +77° 32′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 79900. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79900, HD 148386, Gaia DR3 1704562744714422912. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.