Its story

HIP 79262 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79262: right ascension 16h 10m 37s, declination +72° 23′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 79262. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79262, HD 146585, Gaia DR3 1654284345718843648. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.