Its story

HIP 78030 has a visual magnitude of about 8.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78030: right ascension 15h 55m 57s, declination +2° 50′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 78030. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78030, HD 142722, Gaia DR3 4424819108143113216. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.