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Binary? According to SIMBAD, there's rho oph A, B, C, D --- four components... 76.66.203.138 ( talk) 08:45, 19 November 2010 (UTC) reply

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Rho Ophiuchi is a multiple star system in the constellation Ophiuchus. The central system has an apparent magnitude of 4.63. Based on the central system's parallax of 9.03 mas, it is located about 360 light-years (110 parsecs) away. The other stars in the system are slightly farther away.Photograph: Rogelio Bernal Andreo

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