Its story

HIP 79438 has a visual magnitude of about 8.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79438: right ascension 16h 12m 44s, declination +68° 52′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 79438. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79438, Gaia DR3 1643773800535830016. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.