Its story

HIP 78038 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78038: right ascension 15h 56m 4s, declination +27° 3′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 78038. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78038, HD 142898, Gaia DR3 1220468287769781504. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.