Its story
17Chi Sco has a visual magnitude of about 4.76: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 17Chi Sco: right ascension 16h 13m 51s, declination −11° 50′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).
17Chi Sco. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79540, HD 145897, Gaia DR3 4342464209753404416. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 79540
- Right ascension
- 16h 13m 51s
- Declination
- −11° 50′ 16″
- Magnitude
- 4.76
- Distance
- ≈ 448 ly
Data: gaia-dr3