Its story

HIP 78403 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78403: right ascension 16h 0m 21s, declination +54° 31′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 78403. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78403, HD 143914, Gaia DR3 1621299512281604608. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.