Its story

HIP 79230 has a visual magnitude of about 7.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79230: right ascension 16h 10m 11s, declination −40° 7′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 79230. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79230, HD 144965, Gaia DR3 5996790504435700736. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.