Its story

HIP 79409 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79409: right ascension 16h 12m 21s, declination +42° 59′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79409. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79409, HD 146045, Gaia DR3 1385011268017542144. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.