24 Ophiuchi
24 Ophiuchi is a double hypergiant star in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
24 Ophiuchi visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its reltive faintness, 24 Ophiuchi should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.
The table below summarizes the key facts about 24 Ophiuchi:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 24 Ophiuchi
24 Ophiuchi is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 24 Ophiuchi are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 24 Ophiuchi in the sky:

Visibility of 24 Ophiuchi from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's 24 Ophiuchi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of 24 Ophiuchi
The image below is a photograph of 24 Ophiuchi from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 24 Ophiuchi is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of 24 Ophiuchi from the Sun and relative movement
24 Ophiuchi is distant 362.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of 24 Ophiuchi
24 Ophiuchi belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Ophiuchi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

24 Ophiuchi star system properties
24 Ophiuchi is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 24 Ophiuchi double sysyem: