Its story

HIP 78936 has a visual magnitude of about 7.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78936: right ascension 16h 6m 50s, declination +16° 21′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78936. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78936, HD 144724, Gaia DR3 1198465513910010880. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.