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γ Ophiuchi (gamma Ophiuchi)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:51 | Tran: 8:02 | Set: 14:14
Alt: 36.60°   Az: 212.99°   Direction: South-South-West

γ Ophiuchi is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

γ Ophiuchi visual magnitude is 3.75. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Ophiuchi (gamma Ophiuchi) star
DSS2 image of γ Ophiuchi. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Ophiuchi during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 49m 09s
+02° 42’ 00”
01h 43m 47s
19h 32m 56s

J2000

17h 47m 53s
+02° 42’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

28.02°
15.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Ophiuchi (gamma Ophiuchi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.75
Hypergiant

1.43
A0V
9652K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Ophiuchi is distant 94.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

29.05
94.71
-7 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
-0.074"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Ophiuchi
(gamma Ophiuchi)
62 Ophiuchi
SAO122754
SAO122754

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 87.3°
Max altitude: 41.2°
Azimuth: 272.7°