Its story

HIP 78431 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78431: right ascension 16h 0m 44s, declination +32° 2′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 78431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78431, HD 143704, Gaia DR3 1323016232598651136. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.