Its story

HIP 66979 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 66979: right ascension 13h 43m 38s, declination +35° 42′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 66979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 66979, HD 119616, Gaia DR3 1471352995568940288. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.