Its story

HIP 78701 has a visual magnitude of about 8.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78701: right ascension 16h 3m 59s, declination +71° 7′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 78701. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78701, HD 145197, Gaia DR3 1648004691215312896. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.