Its story

HIP 79862 has a visual magnitude of about 7.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79862: right ascension 16h 18m 6s, declination +34° 28′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79862. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79862, HD 147044, Gaia DR3 1329002145698389760. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.