Its story

HIP 79976 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79976: right ascension 16h 19m 29s, declination +34° 15′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79976. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79976, HD 147249, Gaia DR3 1328797292938829824. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.