Its story

HIP 78647 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78647: right ascension 16h 3m 16s, declination −26° 43′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 78647. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78647, HD 143766, Gaia DR3 6043169210553837184. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.