Its story

HIP 78612 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78612: right ascension 16h 2m 58s, declination +60° 27′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Draco constellation (IAU figure Dra).

HIP 78612. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78612, HD 144541, Gaia DR3 1626784700915146496. In the SkyKeepsake Draco (Dra) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.