Acrab (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , Acrab is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:40 (EDT), 28° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:19, 29° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:26, when it sinks below 15° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Acrab
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h05m26s [3] |
| Declination: | −19°48'19" [3] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.62 (V) [3] 2.53 (BT) [2] 2.61 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 123.9 parsec 404.0 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.07 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 24.6 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 192.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.85 |
Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.
Events
| 15 Feb 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii |
| 14 Mar 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii |
| 10 Apr 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii |
| 08 May 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii |
| 04 Jun 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii |
| 02 Jul 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii |
| 29 Jul 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii |
| 25 Aug 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii |