Arabic star names / Sabik
Sabik
السابق
Sabik comes from the Arabic السابق (al-Sābiq), which means “the one who goes before”. It is the 87th-brightest star in the sky, in Ophiuchus.
- Brightness
- 2.43
- Colour
- white
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Best seen
- July evenings
- Right ascension
- 17h 10m
- Declination
- −15° 43′
The name
A star of Ophiuchus that rises ahead of its neighbours.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 74°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 50° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 23° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 72° above the horizon.
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