73-Oph (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , 73-Oph is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 46° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:08, 51° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:25, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name 73-Oph
Object type Star
Other names
73-Oph
73 Ophiuchi
HR 6795[1]
HD 166233
NSV 10287
HIP 88964[3]
TYC 439-1445-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:18h09m33s [2]
Declination:+03°59'35" [2]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:
Variable
5.73 (V) [2]
6.15 (BT) [2]
5.77 (VT) [2]
Distance:54.8 parsec
178.6 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.33
Proper motion (speed):49.0 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):93.5°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.04

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