Its story

HIP 77761 has a visual magnitude of about 7.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77761: right ascension 15h 52m 40s, declination −79° 24′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).

HIP 77761. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77761, HD 140316, Gaia DR3 5778551465079206912. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.