Antares (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , Antares is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:02 (EST) – 4 hours and 51 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 24° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:14.
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Name
Antares
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.07 (V)[2] 3.49 (BT)[1] 1.29 (VT)[1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.84 |
| Right Ascension: | 16h29m24s [2] |
| Declination: | -26°25'55" [2] |
| Distance: | 84.7 parsec 276.3 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 27.2 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 208.5° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -3.57 |