Cebalrai (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Cebalrai is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:56, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:54, 60° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:03, 56° above your south-western horizon.

Name Cebalrai
Object type Star
Other names
Cebalrai
β-Oph
Beta Ophiuchi
60-Oph
60 Ophiuchi
HR 6603[1]
HD 161096
HIP 86742[3]
TYC 423-1724-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 4473334474604992384[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h43m28s [4]
Declination:+04°34'04" [4]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:2.75 (V) [2]
4.28 (BT) [2]
2.88 (VT) [2]
2.44 (G) [4]
3.40 (BP) [4]
2.11 (RP) [4]
Distance:25.5 parsec
83.1 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.19
Proper motion (speed):164.8 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):345.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.72

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