Its story

HIP 78017 has a visual magnitude of about 6.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78017: right ascension 15h 55m 50s, declination +58° 54′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 78017. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78017, HD 143187, Gaia DR3 1625998756259467264. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.