Star Oph-IRS 48

White-Blue star Oph-IRS 48 is located 439 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class A0, that has 200 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Oph-IRS 48

White-Blue star (spectral class A0)

Location

Right ascension: 16h 27m 37.18s

Declination: -24° 30' 35.3'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 7.438

Sun distance: 438.529 ly | 134.5 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 200 % M Sun

Size: 200 % R Sun (estimate)

Luminosity: 14.3 L Sun

1 exoplanet

Oph-IRS 48 disk

n/a

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 14.8

Absolute magnitude (V): 9.2

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).

More about Oph-IRS 48

      Oph-IRS 48 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
IRAS 16245-2423, 2MASS J16273718-2430350, IRS 48

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