Its story

HIP 77958 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77958: right ascension 15h 55m 16s, declination −42° 36′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 77958. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77958, HD 142254, Gaia DR3 5994804820797187200. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.