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Ophiuchus | oh fee YOU kuss | The Serpent Bearer | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Ras Alhague
means: "Head of the Serpent Collector" Alpha Ophiuchi
| 17h 34' 56 +12� 33' 36 | 47 | 2.08 | A5III | Blue White Giant | ||
Cebelrai
"The Shepherd's Dog" Beta Ophiuchi
| 17h 43' 28.3 +4� 34' 2 | 82 | 2.76 | K2 III | Orange Giant | ||
Gamma Ophiuchi | 17h 47' 53.5 +2� 42' 26 | 95 | 3.75 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Yed Prior
"The Leading Hand"
Delta Ophiuchi
| 16h 14' 20.6 -3� 41' 40 | 170 | 2.73 | M1III | Red Giant | Hands of the Serpent Bearer - Unrelated Pair - on the border of the constellation | |
Yed Posterior
"The Following Hand"
Epsilon Ophiuchi
| 16h 18' 19.2 -4� 41' 33 | 107 | 3.23 | G8III | Yellow Giant | ||
Zeta Ophiuchi | 16h 37' 9.4 -10� 34' 2 | 460 | 2.54 | 09.5V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Sabik
Eta Ophiuchi
| 17h 10' 22.6 -15� 43' 29 | 84 | 2.43 | A2V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Theta Ophiuchi | 17h 22' 0.5 -24� 59' 58 | 193 | 4.32 | A0/A1V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Iota Ophiuchi | 16h 54' 0.4 +10� 9' 55 | 230 | 4.39 | B8V | Blue Main Sequence | ||
Kappa Ophiuchi | 16h 57' 40 +9� 22' 30 | 86 | 3.19 | K2III | Orange Giant | ||
Marfik
Lambda Ophiuchi
Lambda A
Lambda B
| 16h 30' 54.7 +1� 59' 2 | 166 | 4.18 | A0V | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
5.22 | A4V | Blue White Main Sequence | |||||
Mu Ophiuchi | 17h 37' 50.6 -8� 7' 8 | 550 | 4.58 | B8II-III | Blue Giant | ||
Nu Ophiuchi | 17h 59' 1.5 -9� 46' 25 | 150 | 3.32 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Xi Ophiuchi | 17h 21' 0.1 -21� 6' 46 | 57 | 4.39 | F2/F3V | White Main Sequence | ||
Omicron 1 Ophiuchi | 17h 18' 0.6 -24� 17' 13 | 360 | 5.31 | K0II-III | Orange Giant | possible wide Orbital Binary | |
Omicron 2 Ophiuchi | 17h 18' 0.4 -24� 17' 3 | 6.71 | F6IV-V | White Main Sequence | |||
Rho
Ophiuchi Rho 1
Rho 2
Rho 3
| 16h 25' 35.1 -23� 26' 50 | 400 | 4.57 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | Likely Evolutionary Related | |
16h 25' 35.2 -23� 24' 19 | 7.27 | B5V(i-) | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
16h 23' 24.5 -23� 27' 37 | 6.75 | B3/B4V(i-) | Blue Main Sequence | ||||
Sigma Ophiuchi | 17h 26' 30.8 +4� 8' 25 | 1200 | 4.34 | K2II | Orange Bright Giant | ||
Tau 1
Tau Ophiuchi
Tau 2
| 18h 3' 4.8 -8� 10' 50 | 170 | 6.00 | F5V | White Main Sequence | Binary | |
5.33 | F2V | ||||||
Upsilon Ophiuchi | 16h 27' 48.1 -8� 22' 18 | 122 | 4.62 | A3 | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
Phi Ophiuchi | 16h 31' 8.2 -16� 36' 46 | 210 | 4.29 | G8/K0III | Yellow Giant | ||
Chi Ophiuchi | 16h 27' 1.3 -18� 27' 23 | 490 | 4.22 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Psi Ophiuchi | 16h 24' 6.1 -20� 2' 15 | 178 | 4.48 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Omega Ophiuchi | 16h 32' 8 -21� 27' 59 | 175 | 4.45 | A7 | Blue White Main Sequence | ||
12 Ophiuchi | 16h 36' 21.3 -2� 19' 29 | 32 | 5.77 | K2V | Orange Main Sequence | ||
26 Ophiuchi | 17h 0' 9.4 -24� 59' 21 | 108 | 5.74 | F4V | White Main Sequence | ||
36 A
36 Ophiuchi
36 B
| 17h 15' 20.9 -26� 36' 10 | 19.5 | 5.22 | K2V | Orange Main Sequence Binary | Among Closest | |
17h 15' 20.7 -26� 36' 5 | 5.21 | K0V | |||||
44 Ophiuchi | 17h 26' 22.1 -24� 10' 31 | 84 | 4.16 | A3IV | Blue White Sub GIant | ||
45 Ophiuchi | 17h 27' 21.2 -29� 52' 1 | 111 | 4.28 | F3III | White Giant | ||
58 Ophiuchi | 17h 43' 25.7 -21� 41' 0 | 57 | 4.86 | F6/F7V | White Main Sequence | ||
70 A
70 Ophiuchi
70 B
| 18h 5' 27.2 +2� 29' 58 | 16.6 | 4.33 6.17 | K0V K4V | Orange Main Sequence | Among Closest | |
72 Ophiuchi | 18h 7' 20.9 +9� 33' 50 | 83 | 3.71 | A4IV | Blue White Sub Giant | ||
6493 Ophiuchi | 17h 26' 37.9 -5� 5' 12 | 98 | 4.50 | F3V | White Main Sequence | ||
RS Ophiuchi | ~ 17h 40' ~ -3� | ? | 11 | ? | ? | Rare class of Recurrent Novas | |
Barney
Barnard's Star
| ~ 17h 50' ~ +4� | 6.1 | 9.54 | M4V | Red Main Sequence | 2nd Closest Star Largest Proper Motion 2 planets suspected - likely Gas Giants - |