The star B-Oph
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , b-Oph is visible between 21:59 and 02:52. It will become accessible at around 21:59, when it rises 17° above your south-eastern horizon, and then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:28, 26° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 02:52 when it sinks to 18° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
B-Oph
|
Object Type
Star
|
Position
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.16 (V)[1] 4.50 (BT)[1] 4.19 (VT)[1] 3.86 (RP)[2] 4.03 (G)[2] 4.25 (BP)[2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.26 |
| Right Ascension: | 17h26m22s [2] |
| Declination: | -24°10'32" [2] |
| Distance: | 24.9 parsec 81.1 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 117.2 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 181.0° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | 2.18 |