Its story

HIP 79876 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79876: right ascension 16h 18m 15s, declination +42° 37′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79876. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79876, HD 147144, Gaia DR3 1382133949166828288. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.