Marfik (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Marfik is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:08, when it reaches an altitude of 18° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:37, 50° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:31, 43° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Marfik
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h30m54s [4] |
| Declination: | +01°59'02" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.14 (V) [2] 4.19 (BT) [2] 4.15 (VT) [2] 5.19 (G) [4] 4.31 (BP) [4] 3.99 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 53.1 parsec 173.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.04 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 79.7 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 202.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.52 |
Sources