U Oph
Excellent (66/100)
HIP 84500
VariableStar
Ophiuchus
(Oph)
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Physical Properties
Magnitude
5.88
Range
5.84 - 6.56
Period
40.3 hours
Variable Type
Eclipsing Binary (Algol-type)
Spectral Type
B5Vnn+B5V
Star Color
White
(B-V 0.06)
Distance
1,631 ly
Position & Identifiers
RA
17h 16m 31.7s
Dec
+01° 12' 38.0"
Constellation
Ophiuchus
(Oph)
HR
6414
HIP
84500
Variable ID
U Oph
Double Cat
10428
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Stellar Notes
ADS 10428A, EA 5.84 - 6.56V, 1.67734617d. Period changes. i 86.57d. Components 5.3 and 4.6 Suns.
B is dG0, optical.
ADS 10428A, B2, A0-2, 1.6773d, K 180.0k/s, V0 -10.8k/s, msin3i 5.00, asini 4.15. vsini secondary 92k/s.
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