Its story

HIP 78736 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78736: right ascension 16h 4m 25s, declination −11° 51′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78736. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78736, HD 144071, Gaia DR3 4342847561360896896. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.