Omega Ophiuchi is a  a white-hued  Ap planet with a stellar classification of ApSrEuCr in the Ophiuchus(serpent bearer) constellation and lies at a distance of about 168.6 light years from the Sun.
It is a white-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 4.45. This object is an Ap star with a stellar classification of ApSrEuCr, displaying strong abundance anomalies of the elements strontium, europium, and chromium. 
Its name is from the Greek  (Ophioukhos, "serpent-bearer"), and it is commonly represented as a man grasping a snake (symbol , Unicode U+26CE). 
Parallax measurements indicate it lies at a distance of about 168.6 light years from the Sun. 
