Its story

HIP 78078 has a visual magnitude of about 6.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78078: right ascension 15h 56m 33s, declination −14° 49′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78078. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78078, HD 142703, Gaia DR3 6262796555119019392. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.