Its story

HIP 78178 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 78178: right ascension 15h 57m 46s, declination +19° 22′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78178, HD 143092, Gaia DR3 1203383320183209216. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.