σ-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , σ-Sco is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:33, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:42, 22° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:36, 17° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
σ-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h21m11s [4] |
| Declination: | -25°35'34" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.90 (V) [2] 3.02 (BT) [2] 2.91 (VT) [2] 2.92 (G) [4] 3.07 (BP) [4] 2.64 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 213.7 parsec 696.6 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.10 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 19.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 213.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.75 |
Sources