Star profile
HYG 119198
Binary systemWhat is HYG 119198
In the discreet Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer crossing the ecliptic, beats an orange sun —a K-type star just 17 light-years away that shares its path with a companion invisible to the naked eye. Its light set out at the beginning of this century, when the first confirmed exoplanets were starting to fill the catalogues. Cooler than our Sun yet very near, it offers a calm, homely amber glow, almost like a candle lit on the other side of the room.
Where it is and when to see it
HYG 119198 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June: 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 HYG 119198
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.00
- Distance
- 16.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 271.365° · Dec 2.498°
- Catalogue
- HYG 119198
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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
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