Its story

HIP 78870 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78870: right ascension 16h 5m 60s, declination −6° 8′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 78870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78870, HD 144390, Gaia DR3 4350236038971718016. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.