Its story

HIP 78518 has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78518: right ascension 16h 1m 47s, declination −34° 37′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 78518. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78518, HD 143462, Gaia DR3 6011153046866470528. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.