Its story

HIP 79021 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79021: right ascension 16h 7m 45s, declination −11° 55′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 79021. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79021, HD 144726, Gaia DR3 4343161368847168000. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.