RA 270.0658° · Dec 4.3686° · star
1 more point to reach Rare.
66 Oph is an uncommon variable star. It lies about 651 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Oph, shines at apparent magnitude 4.79 and has spectral type B2Ve.
Its spectrum reads B2Ve — a blue-white B-type star, with a surface tens of thousands of degrees hot and a life measured in tens of millions of years.
Look for 66 Oph in the constellation Oph. At apparent magnitude 4.79, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 66 Oph is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
66 Oph scores 33 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Hot blue B-type star, Main-sequence star, Blue-white star, Gently variable and A named variable star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.