Its story
52 Oph has a visual magnitude of about 6.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for 52 Oph: right ascension 17h 35m 18s, declination −22° 2′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
52 Oph. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86060, HD 159376, Gaia DR3 4117611603673745408. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 86060
- Right ascension
- 17h 35m 18s
- Declination
- −22° 02′ 38″
- Magnitude
- 6.43
- Distance
- ≈ 821 ly
Data: gaia-dr3