Its story

HIP 78294 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78294: right ascension 15h 59m 14s, declination −53° 39′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).

HIP 78294. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78294, HD 142824, Gaia DR3 5980814085090145280. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.