Its story

HIP 78964 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78964: right ascension 16h 7m 13s, declination −45° 20′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 78964. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78964, HD 144338, Gaia DR3 5991034664177661056. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.