Its story

HIP 78858 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 78858: right ascension 16h 5m 52s, declination +9° 56′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78858. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78858, HD 144516, Gaia DR3 4454882092508662912. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.