Its story

HIP 78748 has a visual magnitude of about 8.55: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78748: right ascension 16h 4m 38s, declination +78° 40′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 78748. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78748, Gaia DR3 1707872996268451584. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.