Its story

HIP 77308 has a visual magnitude of about 7.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77308: right ascension 15h 46m 59s, declination −36° 34′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Lupus constellation (IAU figure Lup).

HIP 77308. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77308, HD 140799, Gaia DR3 6009951349369730048. In the SkyKeepsake Lupus (Lup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.