Its story

HIP 79697 has a visual magnitude of about 7.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79697: right ascension 16h 15m 55s, declination +58° 28′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 79697. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79697, HD 146990, Gaia DR3 1622395102603557888. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.