Its story

HIP 78580 has a visual magnitude of about 7.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78580: right ascension 16h 2m 43s, declination −0° 24′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78580. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78580, HD 143838, Gaia DR3 4409701510456002048. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.