Its story

HIP 77687 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77687: right ascension 15h 51m 38s, declination +63° 44′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 77687. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77687, HD 142612, Gaia DR3 1640305567200923904. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.