Its story

HIP 79518 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 79518: right ascension 16h 13m 36s, declination +35° 33′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Hercules constellation (IAU figure Her).

HIP 79518. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79518, Gaia DR3 1329823755762829312. In the SkyKeepsake Hercules (Her) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.