Its story

HIP 78865 has a visual magnitude of about 10.07: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78865: right ascension 16h 5m 54s, declination −5° 34′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 78865. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78865, HD 144389, Gaia DR3 4350408456144659456. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.