Its story

HIP 77964 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 77964: right ascension 15h 55m 20s, declination −43° 23′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 77964. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77964, HD 142255, Gaia DR3 5994631269769975040. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.