Its story

HIP 78739 has a visual magnitude of about 7.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78739: right ascension 16h 4m 27s, declination −11° 26′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78739. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78739, HD 144088, Gaia DR3 4343064508746082304. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.