Its story

HIP 78773 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78773: right ascension 16h 4m 57s, declination +13° 8′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78773. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78773, HD 144346, Gaia DR3 4458312774945219072. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.