Its story

HIP 78888 has a visual magnitude of about 7.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78888: right ascension 16h 6m 15s, declination +1° 42′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78888. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78888, HD 144517, Gaia DR3 4411775876580708352. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.