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TimezoneAmerica/Mexico_City
Sunrise: 6:04 
Transit: 12:37 
Sunset: 19:10
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67 Ophiuchi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:47 | Tran: 23:53 | Set: 5:54
Alt: 14.30°   Az: 91.39°   Direction: East

67 Ophiuchi is a multiple supergiant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

67 Ophiuchi visual magnitude is 3.97. Because of its moderate brightness, 67 Ophiuchi is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 67 Ophiuchi star
DSS2 image of 67 Ophiuchi. The red arrow shows the motion of 67 Ophiuchi during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 01m 55s
+02° 55’ 56”
18h 56m 17s
12h 58m 13s

J2000

18h 00m 38s
+02° 55’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

29.73°
12.63°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.97
Supergiant

-4.22
B5I
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 67 Ophiuchi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 67 Ophiuchi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

67 Ophiuchi is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 67 Ophiuchi double sysyem:

3.97
8.27
4.3
54.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

67 Ophiuchi is distant 1,417.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

434.78
1,417.39
-4 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

67 Ophiuchi
SAO123013
SAO123013

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 67 Ophiuchi rise, transit and set times from San Vicente Zoyatlán, Mexico are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Mexico_City):

Azimuth: 87.1°
Max altitude: 75.6°
Azimuth: 272.9°