Its story

HIP 78011 has a visual magnitude of about 7.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78011: right ascension 15h 55m 47s, declination +4° 20′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78011. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78011, HD 142683, Gaia DR3 4425320107488713728. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.