Its story
5Rho Oph has a visual magnitude of about 4.91: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 5Rho Oph: right ascension 16h 25m 35s, declination −23° 26′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
5Rho Oph. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80473, HD 147933, Gaia DR3 6050943410590451456. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 80473
- Right ascension
- 16h 25m 35s
- Declination
- −23° 26′ 50″
- Magnitude
- 4.91
- Distance
- ≈ 449 ly
Data: gaia-dr3