Its story

HIP 78172 has a visual magnitude of about 9.04: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78172: right ascension 15h 57m 42s, declination −68° 48′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).

HIP 78172. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78172, HD 142158, Gaia DR3 5819724258542368768. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.