B-Oph (Star)
![b-Oph Image of b-Oph](https://in-the-sky.org/image.php?style=medium&userimg=19910715_115918_6934e710acd7.png)
From Fairfield , b-Oph is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:43 (EDT), 23° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:33, 24° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:41, when it sinks below 18° above your south-western horizon.
Name
B-Oph
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 17h26m22s [4] |
Declination: | −24°10'32" [4] |
Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
Magnitude: Variable | 4.16 (V) [2] 4.50 (BT) [2] 4.19 (VT) [2] 4.10 (G) [4] 4.24 (BP) [4] 3.85 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 25.0 parsec 81.4 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.26 |
Proper motion (speed): | 117.4 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 180.9° |
Absolute mag (V): | 2.17 |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.