Its story

HIP 79338 has a visual magnitude of about 7.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79338: right ascension 16h 11m 30s, declination +16° 58′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 79338. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79338, HD 145646, Gaia DR3 1198857936482747648. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.