Its story

HIP 79165 has a visual magnitude of about 7.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79165: right ascension 16h 9m 27s, declination +11° 34′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 79165. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79165, HD 145229, Gaia DR3 4456798781792997888. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.