Its story

HIP 77995 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77995: right ascension 15h 55m 40s, declination +18° 37′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 77995. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77995, HD 142763, Gaia DR3 1202908537318924672. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.