Its story

HIP 78461 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78461: right ascension 16h 1m 3s, declination +55° 27′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 78461. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78461, HD 144031, Gaia DR3 1621420905237377024. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.