Its story

HIP 78424 has a visual magnitude of about 7.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78424: right ascension 16h 0m 37s, declination +80° 37′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 78424. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78424, HD 145742, Gaia DR3 1709042395604934400. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.