- 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 temperature is about 9,200 degrees Celsius.
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.