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name: ρ Oph
constellation: Oph
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-02-10 16:55:34.377970
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a binary star 3° northwest of Antares, consisting of blue components of 5.3mag and 6mag brightness at a distance of 3.1" (4.59mag). The area around them is of interest to photographers. To the west is the elongated dark Barnard 42 nebula, which appears silhouetted against the beautiful gas-dust complex IC 4604 , which is just irradiated by the star ρ Ophiuchi. However, the nebula has a very faint areal brightness.