Its story

HIP 78875 has a visual magnitude of about 6.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78875: right ascension 16h 6m 3s, declination +13° 19′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78875. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78875, HD 144564, Gaia DR3 4458345004379938304. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.