Its story

HIP 79542 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 79542: right ascension 16h 13m 51s, declination +40° 20′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79542, HD 146278, Gaia DR3 1380731002392947712. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.