Its story

HIP 78880 has a visual magnitude of about 7.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78880: right ascension 16h 6m 8s, declination −13° 53′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78880. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78880, HD 144377, Gaia DR3 4341549072483030016. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.