Its story

HIP 79937 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 79937: right ascension 16h 18m 56s, declination +32° 37′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79937. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79937, HD 147162, Gaia DR3 1319549609875145216. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.