Its story

HIP 79436 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 79436: right ascension 16h 12m 43s, declination +40° 46′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79436. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79436, HD 146080, Gaia DR3 1381510354274969600. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.