Its story

HIP 68578 has a visual magnitude of about 7.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 68578: right ascension 14h 2m 21s, declination +20° 52′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 68578. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68578, HD 122562, Gaia DR3 1247279294695975168. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.