Its story

HIP 78470 has a visual magnitude of about 7.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78470: right ascension 16h 1m 7s, declination +27° 8′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 78470. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78470, HD 143743, Gaia DR3 1316502721418760704. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.