Antares (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 Seattle , Antares is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 12° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 04:46 (PST) – 3 hours and 1 minute before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 12° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks around 06:59.
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Name
Antares
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.07 (V) [3] 3.49 (BT) [2] 1.29 (VT) [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.84 |
| Right ascension: | 16h29m24s [3] |
| Declination: | -26°25'55" [3] |
| Distance: | 169.8 parsec 553.5 lightyrs [5] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 26.3 mas/yr [5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 207.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -5.08 |
Visibility from Seattle
All times shown in Seattle local time.
Events
| 24 Aug 2023 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 21 Sep 2023 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 18 Oct 2023 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 08 Jan 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 04 Feb 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 03 Mar 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 30 Mar 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 26 Apr 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |