Its story

HIP 79739 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79739: right ascension 16h 16m 25s, declination −24° 59′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 79739. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79739, HD 146285, Gaia DR3 6049614307192716288. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.