26 Ophiuchi

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:21 | Tran: 23:56 | Set: 3:35

Alt: -13.93° Az: 112.84° Direction: South-South-West

26 Ophiuchi is a main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

26 Ophiuchi visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, 26 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.

DSS2 image of 26 Ophiuchi. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Ophiuchi during the next 10000 years (10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 01m 43s

Declination -25° 01’ 31”

Hour Angle 18h 36m 47s

Sidereal Time 11h 38m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 00m 09s

Declination -24° 59’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 357.57°

Galactic Latitude 10.59°

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Finder chart for 26 Ophiuchi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.14

Spectral Type F4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.41

Temperature 6827K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Ophiuchi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Ophiuchi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Ophiuchi is distant 108.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 33.28

Distance (light year) 108.49

Radial Speed 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.061 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 26 Ophiuchi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD153363

SAO Catalogue SAO184897

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83196

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2413002

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Ophiuchi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.0° RISE 20:21

Max altitude: 13.5° TRANSIT 23:56

Azimuth: 245.0° SET 3:35

Set Location

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