Its story

HIP 78167 has a visual magnitude of about 8.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78167: right ascension 15h 57m 40s, declination −0° 5′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78167. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78167, HD 142981, Gaia DR3 4409945876915146752. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.