Its story

HIP 79720 has a visual magnitude of about 7.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79720: right ascension 16h 16m 15s, declination +19° 31′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 79720. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79720, HD 146588, Gaia DR3 1201535242998445568. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.