Its story

HIP 79955 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79955: right ascension 16h 19m 13s, declination +21° 47′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 79955. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79955, Gaia DR3 1202442786767821568. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.