63-Oph (Star)

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

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From Fairfield , 63-Oph is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 02:47, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your southern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:57, 23° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:30, 23° above your southern horizon.

Name 63-Oph
Object type Star
Other names
63-Oph
63 Sagittarii
HR 6672[1]
HD 162978
HIP 87706[3]
TYC 6845-692-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 4067435566661212672[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h54m54s [4]
Declination:-24°53'13" [4]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:6.19 (V) [2]
6.19 (BT) [2]
6.19 (VT) [2]
6.12 (G) [4]
6.12 (BP) [4]
6.02 (RP) [4]
Distance:963.8 parsec
3141.9 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.01
Proper motion (speed):2.3 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):163.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.73

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