Its story

HIP 79268 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79268: right ascension 16h 10m 39s, declination −24° 58′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 79268. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79268, HD 145209, Gaia DR3 6049755353918831616. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.