Its story

HIP 78731 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78731: right ascension 16h 4m 21s, declination −53° 42′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 78731. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78731, HD 143658, Gaia DR3 5932866135399824256. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.