Its story
26 Oph has a visual magnitude of about 5.64: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 26 Oph: right ascension 17h 0m 10s, declination −24° 59′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
26 Oph. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 83196, HD 153363, Gaia DR3 4113072720923097600. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 83196
- Right ascension
- 17h 00m 10s
- Declination
- −24° 59′ 22″
- Magnitude
- 5.64
- Distance
- ≈ 111 ly
Data: gaia-dr3