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Star 36 Ophiuchi

Triple star system 36 Ophiuchi is located 19 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 3 stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
19 light years
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36 Ophiuchi A

Orange star, High proper motion star
Spectral class: K2 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 17h 15m 20.431s
Declination iconDeclination: -26° 36' 28.432'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 168.13
Distance iconSun distance: 19.399 ly | 5.9 pc

Basic characteristic

icon weight
Mass: 85 % M Sun | 890 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 82 % R Sun | 8.1 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 5103 K | 0.88 T Sun
time iconAge: 0.6 billions years | 0.13 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.28 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 5.1
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 6.2
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

36 Ophiuchi B

Orange star, High proper motion star
Spectral class: K1 V

Basic characteristic

icon weight
Mass: 85 % M Sun | 890 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 81 % R Sun | 8.1 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 5199 K | 0.9 T Sun
time iconAge: 0.6 billions years | 0.13 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.27 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 5
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 6.1
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

36 Ophiuchi C

Orange star, , High proper motion star
Spectral class: K5 V

Basic characteristic

icon weight
Mass: 71 % M Sun | 744 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 72 % R Sun | 7.2 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 4561 K | 0.79 T Sun
time iconAge: (0.6) billions years | 0 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.09 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 6.3
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 7.4
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

36 Ophiuchi system structure

36 Ophiuchi A
36 Ophiuchi B
36 Ophiuchi C
More about 36 Ophiuchi
       36 Ophiuchi can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.
Other designations of this star
V2215 Ophiuchi, GJ 664, CD−26°12036, HD 156026, GCTP 3913.00, LHS 439, SAO 185213, HIP 84478, V* V2215 Oph, HR 6401, HD 155885, LHS 438, SAO 185199, 36 Oph, Guniibuu, Gliese 663, Gliese 664, HR 6402/6401/-, CD CD-26°12026, HD 155886/155885/156026, GCTP 3908.00 AB/3913.00, LHS 437/438/439, SAO 185198/185199/185213, HIP 84405/84478, Gaia EDR3 4109030160308317312
External sources
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Simbad database (V* V2215 Oph)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 4109034455276324608)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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