18-Sco (Star)

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Image of 18-Sco
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , 18-Sco is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:45, when it reaches an altitude of 20° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:10, 39° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:40, 38° above your southern horizon.

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Name 18-Sco
Object type Star
Other names
18-Sco
18 Scorpii
HR 6060[1]
HD 146233
NSV 7577
HIP 79672[3]
TYC 5613-1378-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 4345775217221821312[4]
Position
Right ascension:16h15m37s [4]
Declination:-08°22'17" [4]
Constellation:Scorpius
Magnitude:
Variable
5.51 (V) [2]
6.29 (BT) [2]
5.57 (VT) [2]
5.33 (G) [4]
5.65 (BP) [4]
4.84 (RP) [4]
Distance:14.1 parsec
46.1 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.61
Proper motion (speed):547.1 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):154.9°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):4.75
Visibility from Cambridge

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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