Its story

HIP 79855 has a visual magnitude of about 8.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79855: right ascension 16h 18m 2s, declination −34° 37′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 79855. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79855, HD 146497, Gaia DR3 6023126762851220480. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.