Its story

HIP 78121 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 78121: right ascension 15h 57m 7s, declination −6° 49′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78121. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78121, HD 142865, Gaia DR3 4397780983345782784. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.