Its story

HIP 78672 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 78672: right ascension 16h 3m 40s, declination +11° 26′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78672. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78672, HD 144064, Gaia DR3 4457487797626751232. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.