24-Oph (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , 24-Oph is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 24° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:35, 32° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:16, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
24-Oph
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h56m48s [3] |
| Declination: | −23°09'00" [3] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 5.59 (V) [3] 5.59 (BT) [2] 5.58 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 93.1 parsec 303.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.00 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 10.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 214.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.75 |
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