Its story

HIP 78262 has a visual magnitude of about 7.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78262: right ascension 15h 58m 49s, declination +16° 12′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78262. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78262, HD 143257, Gaia DR3 1193169819234907392. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.