Its story

HIP 79340 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 79340: right ascension 16h 11m 32s, declination +74° 39′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 79340. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79340, Gaia DR3 1702839844353165056. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.