Its story

HIP 79555 has a visual magnitude of about 8.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79555: right ascension 16h 14m 1s, declination −58° 52′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 79555. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79555, HD 145418, Gaia DR3 5834613604533261312. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.