Its story

HIP 79024 has a visual magnitude of about 8.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79024: right ascension 16h 7m 46s, declination +16° 44′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 79024. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79024, HD 144922, Gaia DR3 1198512449312724480. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.