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52 Ophiuchi

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:02 | Tran: 7:58 | Set: 11:54
Alt: -0.26°   Az: 233.33°   Direction: South-West

52 Ophiuchi is a variable star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

52 Ophiuchi visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its faintness, 52 Ophiuchi is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of 52 Ophiuchi star
DSS2 image of 52 Ophiuchi. The red arrow shows the motion of 52 Ophiuchi during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 36m 49s
-22° 03’ 30”
03h 59m 43s
21h 36m 32s

J2000

17h 35m 18s
-22° 02’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

4.63°
5.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 52 Ophiuchi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.57

-0.59
B8
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 52 Ophiuchi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 52 Ophiuchi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

52 Ophiuchi is distant 883.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

271.00
883.47
-12 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

52 Ophiuchi
SAO185526
SAO185526

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 52 Ophiuchi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.1°
Max altitude: 16.5°
Azimuth: 247.9°