A-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , A-Sco is visible between 23:54 and 03:20. It will become accessible at around 23:54, when it rises to an altitude of 19° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:37, 23° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:20 when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
A-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h53m36s [4] |
| Declination: | −25°19'38" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: | 4.70 (V) [2] 4.58 (BT) [2] 4.69 (VT) [2] 4.67 (G) [4] 4.62 (BP) [4] 4.73 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 142.2 parsec 463.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.10 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 29.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 214.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.06 |
Sources