Its story

HIP 77043 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 77043: right ascension 15h 43m 56s, declination +2° 28′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Serpens constellation (IAU figure Ser).

HIP 77043. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77043, HD 140527, Gaia DR3 4423865247444246016. In the SkyKeepsake Serpens (Ser) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.