Its story

HIP 79677 has a visual magnitude of about 8.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79677: right ascension 16h 15m 42s, declination +35° 38′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79677. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79677, HD 146621, Gaia DR3 1329910067425244160. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.