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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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14 Ophiuchi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:51 | Tran: 1:59 | Set: 8:02
Alt: 39.65°   Az: 178.99°   Direction: South

14 Ophiuchi is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

14 Ophiuchi visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, 14 Ophiuchi is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 14 Ophiuchi star
DSS2 image of 14 Ophiuchi. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Ophiuchi during the next 1000 years (-1.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.85 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 42m 59s
+01° 08’ 02”
23h 56m 53s
16h 39m 53s

J2000

16h 41m 42s
+01° 10’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

17.93°
29.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 14 Ophiuchi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Giant

2.21
F2III
7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Ophiuchi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Ophiuchi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Ophiuchi is distant 165.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

50.76
165.48
-45 km/s
-0.097 arcsec/y
0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

14 Ophiuchi
SAO121790
SAO121790

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Ophiuchi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.9°
Max altitude: 39.7°
Azimuth: 271.1°