Its story

HIP 79504 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79504: right ascension 16h 13m 26s, declination +11° 25′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 79504. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79504, HD 145977, Gaia DR3 4456933231450046976. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.