Its story

HIP 78832 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78832: right ascension 16h 5m 32s, declination +18° 34′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78832. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78832, Gaia DR3 1200049326050237184. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.