τ-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , τ-Sco is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:32 (EDT), 20° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:43, 20° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:40, when it sinks below 15° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
τ-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h35m52s [4] |
| Declination: | −28°12'58" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: | 2.78 (V) [2] 2.54 (BT) [2] 2.76 (VT) [2] 2.80 (G) [4] 2.99 (BP) [4] 3.00 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 145.3 parsec 473.8 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.19 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 24.9 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 203.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.03 |
Sources