Its story

HIP 78564 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78564: right ascension 16h 2m 30s, declination +4° 28′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78564. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78564, Gaia DR3 4425469022593762304. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.