Its story
44 Oph has a visual magnitude of about 4.10: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 44 Oph: right ascension 17h 26m 22s, declination −24° 10′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
44 Oph. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85340, HD 157792, Gaia DR3 4111251723554095104. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 85340
- Right ascension
- 17h 26m 22s
- Declination
- −24° 10′ 33″
- Magnitude
- 4.10
- Distance
- ≈ 81.5 ly
Data: gaia-dr3