B-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , b-Sco will become visible at around 21:41 (EDT), 20° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 01:09.
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Name
B-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h50m58s [4] |
| Declination: | −25°45'05" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: | 4.63 (V) [2] 4.53 (BT) [2] 4.62 (VT) [2] 4.59 (G) [4] 4.57 (BP) [4] 4.63 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 147.5 parsec 480.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.07 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 28.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 209.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.21 |
Sources