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 Cambridge , Antares is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:15 (EDT), 18° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:35, 21° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:13, when it sinks below 12° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Antares
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h29m24s [3] |
| Declination: | −26°25'55" [3] |
| Constellation: | Scorpius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.07 (V) [3] 3.49 (BT) [2] 1.29 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 169.8 parsec 553.5 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.84 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 26.3 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 207.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -5.08 |
Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.
Events
| 20 Jun 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 17 Jul 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 14 Aug 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 10 Sep 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 07 Oct 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 03 Nov 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 28 Dec 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |
| 24 Jan 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Antares |