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 (click to change), Antares will become visible at around 20:44 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 23° above your southern horizon. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 33 minutes after the Sun at 00:34.
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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 lightyears [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 27.2 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 208.5° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -3.57 |