Its story

HIP 77002 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77002: right ascension 15h 43m 22s, declination +81° 19′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 77002. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77002, HD 142653, Gaia DR3 1721165232855792896. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.