18-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 18-Sco is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:52, when it reaches an altitude of 20° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:22, 40° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:31, 32° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
18-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h15m37s [4] |
| Declination: | -08°22'17" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.51 (V) [2] 6.29 (BT) [2] 5.57 (VT) [2] 5.33 (G) [4] 5.65 (BP) [4] 4.84 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 14.1 parsec 46.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.61 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 547.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 154.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 4.75 |
Sources