Its story

HIP 78742 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78742: right ascension 16h 4m 30s, declination +0° 40′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78742, HD 144172, Gaia DR3 4411558723033335552. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.