Its story

HIP 78258 has a visual magnitude of about 6.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78258: right ascension 15h 58m 44s, declination −60° 42′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 78258. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78258, HD 142586, Gaia DR3 5833033846836893568. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.