Its story

HIP 78563 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78563: right ascension 16h 2m 29s, declination −26° 8′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 78563. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78563, HD 143617, Gaia DR3 6043249990300009216. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.