Its story

HIP 78000 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78000: right ascension 15h 55m 41s, declination +5° 42′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78000. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78000, HD 142682, Gaia DR3 4426602447284420608. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.