Antares (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Antares is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:26, when it reaches an altitude of 12° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:13, 22° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:54, 12° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Antares
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h29m24s [3] |
| Declination: | −26°25'55" [3] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.07 (V) [3] 3.49 (BT) [2] 1.29 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 169.8 parsec 553.5 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.84 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 26.3 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 207.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -5.08 |
Sources
Events
| 16 Apr 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 14 May 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 10 Jun 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 07 Jul 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 03 Aug 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 31 Aug 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 27 Sep 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 24 Oct 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |