V856-Sco (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , V856-Sco is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 8° above the horizon.
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Name
V856-Sco
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h08m34s [4] |
| Declination: | −39°06'18" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 7.10 (V) [2] 7.46 (BT) [2] 7.13 (VT) [2] 7.69 (G) [4] 7.97 (BP) [4] 7.16 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 158.6 parsec 517.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.28 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 24.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 201.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.10 |
Sources