Its story

HIP 79159 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79159: right ascension 16h 9m 22s, declination +21° 49′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 79159. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79159, HD 145273, Gaia DR3 1205630137833839616. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.