Its story
74 Oph has a visual magnitude of about 4.60: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 74 Oph: right ascension 18h 20m 52s, declination +3° 22′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
74 Oph. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 89918, HD 168656, Gaia DR3 4278174940241609216. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 89918
- Right ascension
- 18h 20m 52s
- Declination
- +3° 22′ 38″
- Magnitude
- 4.60
- Distance
- ≈ 243 ly
Data: gaia-dr3