Its story

HIP 77878 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77878: right ascension 15h 54m 14s, declination −11° 5′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 77878. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77878, HD 142313, Gaia DR3 4346270650291905536. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.