ε-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , ε-Sco is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 19° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:45 (PST) – 3 hours and 49 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 19° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:46.
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Name
ε-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h50m09s [2] |
| Declination: | −34°17'35" [2] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.27 (V) [2] 3.78 (BT) [2] 2.39 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 19.5 parsec 63.7 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.18 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 666.0 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 247.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.81 |
Sources