Its story

HIP 79492 has a visual magnitude of about 7.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79492: right ascension 16h 13m 19s, declination +13° 31′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 79492. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79492, HD 145958, Gaia DR3 4464207428579939840. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.