Its story

HIP 78996 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 78996: right ascension 16h 7m 30s, declination −23° 57′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

HIP 78996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78996, HD 144587, Gaia DR3 6242094640953591808. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.