Its story

HIP 78756 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 78756: right ascension 16h 4m 44s, declination −39° 26′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 78756. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78756, HD 143939, Gaia DR3 5997809579916196608. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.