Its story

HIP 77998 has a visual magnitude of about 6.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77998: right ascension 15h 55m 41s, declination +72° 23′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 77998. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77998, HD 143641, Gaia DR3 1696364786017924608. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.