Its story

HIP 78118 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78118: right ascension 15h 57m 5s, declination −35° 55′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 78118. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78118, HD 142643, Gaia DR3 6010597896572331520. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.