Its story

HIP 79861 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 79861: right ascension 16h 18m 6s, declination +62° 25′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 79861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79861, HD 147407, Gaia DR3 1628490215249039104. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.