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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Gamma Ophiuchi
Flamsteed Number	62 Ophiuchi
HR (BSC)	6629
HD	161868
Constellation	Ophiuchus
Right Ascension	17h 47m 54s
Declination	+2° 42' 26"
Distance	103 light years 32 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.8 Absolute: +1.3
Spectral Class	A0Vnp white main sequence star
Optimum Visibility	June / July

Some twenty light years beyond the orange giant Cebalrai lies a much less massive white star, Gamma Ophiuchi. It lies a little to the south of its brighter orange neighbour in the sky, in the band of the Milky Way as it passes through Ophiuchus.

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