Its story

HIP 78561 has a visual magnitude of about 7.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78561: right ascension 16h 2m 27s, declination +19° 37′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78561. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78561, HD 143919, Gaia DR3 1203449222160828672. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.