Its story

HIP 79847 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79847: right ascension 16h 17m 52s, declination −61° 57′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).

HIP 79847. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79847, HD 146038, Gaia DR3 5829578322286738432. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.