Its story

HIP 79379 has a visual magnitude of about 8.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79379: right ascension 16h 12m 3s, declination +17° 58′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 79379. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79379, HD 145770, Gaia DR3 1199822998452362496. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.