Star in Ophiuchus

Sabik

η Oph HR 6378 HIP 84012

Applied in recent times from its ind-A name al-sabiq, of uncertain meaning or connection. The name might mean literally "the Preceding One" or "the One Arriving First in a Race". Other sources give the name in the duali…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 6378

HIP

84012

Bayer ID

η Oph

IAU adoption

2016/08/21

Name origin

Applied in recent times from its ind-A name al-sabiq, of uncertain meaning or connection. The name might mean literally "the Preceding One" or "the One Arriving First in a Race". Other sources give the name in the dualis form (for the two stars ζ and η Oph), and in the plural form (for more than two stars).

Other stars in Ophiuchus