Its story

HIP 78112 has a visual magnitude of about 8.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78112: right ascension 15h 56m 60s, declination −30° 56′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).

HIP 78112. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78112, HD 142689, Gaia DR3 6039765603589110784. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.