Its story

HIP 76043 has a visual magnitude of about 7.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76043: right ascension 15h 31m 48s, declination +16° 14′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 76043. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76043, HD 138483, Gaia DR3 1195653478560587520. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.