Its story

HIP 78702 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 78702: right ascension 16h 4m 0s, declination −19° 46′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78702. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78702, HD 143956, Gaia DR3 6247220598515630080. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.