21-Oph (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , 21-Oph is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:16 (PDT), 52° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:33, 57° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:54, when it sinks below 20° above your western horizon.
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Name
21-Oph
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h51m24s [2] |
| Declination: | +01°12'57" [2] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 5.52 (V) [2] 5.58 (BT) [2] 5.52 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 116.1 parsec 378.6 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.05 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 22.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 231.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.19 |
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