Its story

HIP 78055 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78055: right ascension 15h 56m 12s, declination +10° 17′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78055. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78055, HD 142798, Gaia DR3 4455856156731414400. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.