Star profile
14 Ophiuchi
What is 14 Ophiuchi
14 Ophiuchi shines 181 light-years away within Ophiuchus, the great mythological figure of the serpent bearer that straddles the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius. It is an F-class star, white with a faint yellow touch, slightly hotter and noticeably more luminous than the Sun. Its light crosses less than two centuries of space before brushing the upper atmosphere —a strikingly short trip on galactic scales, almost a local errand.
Where it is and when to see it
14 Ophiuchi lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 14 Ophiuchi
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- 181.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 250.427° · Dec 1.181°
- Catalogue
- HIP 81734 · HD 150557
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Other stars in Ophiuchus
Ophiuchus has 88 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RasalhagueAlpha Ophiuchi2.08
- SabikEta Ophiuchi2.43
- Zeta Ophiuchi2.54
- HIP 807935.66
- HIP 890005.67
- 73 Ophiuchi5.71
- 26 Ophiuchi5.74
- 12 Ophiuchi5.77