Its story

HIP 78469 has a visual magnitude of about 6.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78469: right ascension 16h 1m 6s, declination −54° 34′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 78469. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78469, HD 143101, Gaia DR3 5836659074156323968. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.