Its story
45 Oph has a visual magnitude of about 4.19: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 45 Oph: right ascension 17h 27m 21s, declination −29° 52′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
45 Oph. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85423, HD 157919, Gaia DR3 4058689054864359552. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 85423
- Right ascension
- 17h 27m 21s
- Declination
- −29° 52′ 04″
- Magnitude
- 4.19
- Distance
- ≈ 112 ly
Data: gaia-dr3