Its story

HIP 78642 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78642: right ascension 16h 3m 14s, declination +34° 41′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Corona Borealis constellation (IAU figure CrB).

HIP 78642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78642, HD 144168, Gaia DR3 1371945496466560768. In the SkyKeepsake Corona Borealis (CrB) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.