Its story

HIP 78316 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78316: right ascension 15h 59m 28s, declination −27° 0′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 78316. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78316, HD 143112, Gaia DR3 6043105060920704000. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.