Its story

HIP 77861 has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77861: right ascension 15h 53m 56s, declination −18° 57′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 77861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77861, HD 142215, Gaia DR3 6248270593466356096. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.