Its story

HIP 78540 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78540: right ascension 16h 2m 4s, declination −51° 7′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 78540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78540, HD 143321, Gaia DR3 5981767219915502976. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.