ε-Sco (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , ε-Sco is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 13° above the horizon.

Name ε-Sco
Object type Star
Other names
ε-Sco
Epsilon Scorpii
26-Sco
26 Scorpii
HR 6241[1]
HD 151680
NSV 7983
HIP 82396[3]
TYC 7367-804-1[2]
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

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