Star · White · Ophiuchus

Sabik

35 Oph · HIP 84012

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · southwest · 12°

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Where is Sabik?

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Look southwest, about 12° up at 20:20 in Ophiuchus. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 21:55.

From London tonight, Sabik is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the southwest at 12°.

At magnitude 2.4 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Sabik looks white to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is A2IV-V: white subgiant (hotter than the Sun).

A white point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its white color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Sabik is a star in Ophiuchus, shining at magnitude 2.4. Its spectral type, A2IV-V, marks it as: white subgiant (hotter than the Sun).

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