Its story

HIP 79687 has a visual magnitude of about 7.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79687: right ascension 16h 15m 47s, declination −15° 35′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 79687. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79687, HD 146234, Gaia DR3 4328348267156773888. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.