Its story

HIP 79066 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 79066: right ascension 16h 8m 24s, declination −13° 8′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 79066. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79066, HD 144840, Gaia DR3 4341712281239980032. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.