C-Oph (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , c-Oph is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 22° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:30, 23° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:12, when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
C-Oph
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 17h31m24s [4] |
| Declination: | −23°57'45" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.79 (V) [2] 4.81 (BT) [2] 4.79 (VT) [2] 4.75 (G) [4] 4.78 (BP) [4] 4.69 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 125.7 parsec 409.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 25.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 178.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.70 |
Sources