Its story

HIP 79885 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79885: right ascension 16h 18m 22s, declination +21° 2′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 79885. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79885, HD 146991, Gaia DR3 1202340639562752256. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.