O-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , O-Sco is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:55, 31° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:46, when it sinks below 18° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
O-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h20m38s [4] |
| Declination: | −24°10'09" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: | 4.59 (V) [2] 5.49 (BT) [2] 4.67 (VT) [2] 4.12 (G) [4] 4.75 (BP) [4] 3.33 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 175.7 parsec 572.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.70 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 22.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 186.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.72 |
Sources