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43 Ophiuchi

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:28 | Tran: 7:38 | Set: 10:48
Alt: -48.89°   Az: 286.67°   Direction: West-North-West

43 Ophiuchi is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

43 Ophiuchi visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 43 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 43 Ophiuchi star
DSS2 image of 43 Ophiuchi. The red arrow shows the motion of 43 Ophiuchi during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 24m 56s
-28° 09’ 53”
08h 57m 35s
02h 22m 31s

J2000

17h 23m 21s
-28° 08’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

358.02°
4.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 43 Ophiuchi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35
Giant

-0.97
K5III
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 43 Ophiuchi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 43 Ophiuchi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

43 Ophiuchi is distant 599.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

183.82
599.26
-14 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

43 Ophiuchi
SAO185350
SAO185350

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 43 Ophiuchi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.2°
Max altitude: 10.4°
Azimuth: 241.8°