Its story

HIP 78244 has a visual magnitude of about 8.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78244: right ascension 15h 58m 33s, declination −9° 0′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78244. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78244, HD 143066, Gaia DR3 4347709876652734464. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.