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Upsilon Ophiuchi

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Magnitude
  
4.62

Constellation
  
Ophiuchus

Upsilon Ophiuchi

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Upsilon Ophiuchi (υ Oph) is a class A3 star in the constellation Ophiuchus. Its apparent magnitude is 4.62 and it is approximately 134 light years away based on parallax.

The primary, Aa, is a spectroscopic binary with estimated period 27.2 days and eccentricity 0.74, and has a close companion Ab, of magnitude 8.83, in an 82.8 year orbit with eccentricity 0.45.

References

Upsilon Ophiuchi Wikipedia