Its story

HIP 79974 has a visual magnitude of about 11.39: it is very faint and needs a capable telescope (or deep imaging) to resolve.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79974: right ascension 16h 19m 26s, declination +29° 42′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 79974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79974, Gaia DR3 1317846466364172800. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.