Its story

HIP 78183 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 78183: right ascension 15h 57m 49s, declination −23° 31′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78183. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78183, HD 142884, Gaia DR3 6237134709641446016. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.