- Stars with a name
- Sabik
Sabik
η Ophiuchi
Sabik is a white star, in the constellation Ophiuchus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1938.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in June and July.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 2.43.
What it’s like
It gives off 68 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 9,400 degrees.
It is 88.4 light years away: 836 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1938: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.