Its story

HIP 77278 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 77278: right ascension 15h 46m 40s, declination −48° 44′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 77278. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77278, HD 140619, Gaia DR3 5985914032360562432. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.