Its story

HIP 78228 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78228: right ascension 15h 58m 27s, declination −13° 26′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78228. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78228, HD 143033, Gaia DR3 6264110849464638464. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.