X-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 , X-Oph will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 36° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 20:53.

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Name X-Oph

Object type Star

Other names

X Oph
HR 7002^[1]
HD 172171
HIP 91389^[3]
TYC 1025-1976-1^[2]

Position

Right ascension:	18^h38^m21^s ^[2]
Declination:	+08°50'02" ^[2]
Constellation:	Ophiuchus
Magnitude: Variable	7.94 (V) ^[2] 9.38 (BT) ^[2] 8.06 (VT) ^[2]
B-V Color (mag):	1.12
Proper motion (speed):	25.3 mas/yr^[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):	321.0°

Sources

^[1]	Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit et al. 1991)

^[2]	The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog et al. 2000)

^[3]	Hipparcos, the new reduction of the raw data (van Leeuwen 2007)

Visibility from Cambridge

All times shown in Cambridge local time.

Cambridge

Latitude:
Longitude:
Timezone:

42.38°N
71.11°W
EST

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