Its story

HIP 78726 has a visual magnitude of about 6.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78726: right ascension 16h 4m 18s, declination −33° 12′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 78726. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78726, HD 143902, Gaia DR3 6036110002311228160. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.