Its story

HIP 76038 has a visual magnitude of about 7.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76038: right ascension 15h 31m 45s, declination +14° 5′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 76038. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76038, HD 138454, Gaia DR3 1194730163671143936. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.