32 Ophiuchi is a single star located about 407 light years away from the Sun in the constellation Hercules. It is moving further away from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of +43 km/s. and is visible to the naked eye as a dim, red-hued...
Ophiuchus ( o-fee-YOO-kəs) is a large constellation straddling the celestial equator. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος (ophioûkhos), meaning "serpent-bearer", and it is commonly represented as a man grasping a snake. The serpent is...
The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a complex of interstellar clouds with different nebulae, particularly a dark nebula which is centered 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi, which it among others extends to, of the constellation Ophiuchus. At an...
Nu Ophiuchi (ν Oph, ν Ophiuchi) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. The apparent visual magnitude is +3.3, making it one of the brighter members of this constellation. Based upon parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos...
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Ophiuchus, sorted by decreasing brightness.
36 Ophiuchi (also officially named Guniibuu for component A) is a triple star system approximately 19.5 light-years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus.
Epsilon Ophiuchi or ε Ophiuchi, formally named Yed Posterior (), is a red giant star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Located less than five degrees south of the celestial equator in the eastern part of the constellation, it forms a naked eye...
Rho Ophiuchi (ρ Ophiuchi) is a multiple star system in the constellation Ophiuchus. The central triple system has an apparent magnitude of 4.63. Based on the central system's parallax, it is located about 450 light-years distant.
Sh 2-22 is an emission nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. It is part of the Sharpless Catalog assembled by Stewart Sharpless. The nebula appears to surround 63 Ophiuchi, however, 63 Ophiuchi and the star's corresponding ring nebula around it...
Sh 2-27 (also known as the Cobold Nebula or the Zeta Ophiuchi Nebula), is an emission nebula in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is ionized by the star Zeta Ophiuchi, which lies near its center. The star is a runaway that produces a notable bow...
