Its story

HIP 79761 has a visual magnitude of about 8.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79761: right ascension 16h 16m 45s, declination +57° 17′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 79761. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79761, HD 147112, Gaia DR3 1622079478342788864. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.