How to see it
24 Oph has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 24 Oph: right ascension 16h 56m 48s, declination −23° 9′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
24 Oph. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82925, HD 152849, Gaia DR3 4125503249622127872. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4125503249622127872
- HIP
- 82925
- HD
- 152849
- gaia_dr3
- 4125503249622127872
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 24 Oph
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.16