Its story

HIP 78553 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78553: right ascension 16h 2m 16s, declination −73° 30′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 78553. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78553, HD 142678, Gaia DR3 5782500876488518144. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.