Its story

HIP 78761 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78761: right ascension 16h 4m 49s, declination +70° 15′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 78761. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78761, HD 145309, Gaia DR3 1647138001174746112. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.