Its story

HIP 78785 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 78785: right ascension 16h 5m 3s, declination −18° 32′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78785. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78785, HD 144134, Gaia DR3 6249039671791242368. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.