Its story

HIP 78822 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78822: right ascension 16h 5m 27s, declination −6° 17′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 78822. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78822, HD 144309, Gaia DR3 4350208138869853184. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.