U-Oph (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , U-Oph is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 40° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:54, 57° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:11, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
U-Oph
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h16m31s [2] |
| Declination: | +01°12'37" [2] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 5.92 (V) [2] 5.95 (BT) [2] 5.92 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 200.4 parsec 653.3 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 16.3 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 192.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.59 |
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