Its story

HIP 79245 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79245: right ascension 16h 10m 22s, declination −61° 43′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).

HIP 79245. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79245, HD 144631, Gaia DR3 5829740672058021888. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.