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This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Scorpius, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
The constellation Scorpius as it can be seen by naked eye (with constellation lines drawn in). Scorpius contains many bright stars, including Antares (α Sco), "rival of Mars," so named because of its distinct reddish hue; β 1 Sco (Graffias or Acrab), a triple star; δ Sco (Dschubba, "the forehead"); θ Sco (Sargas, of sumerian origin [2]); ν ...
Antares is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius.It has the Bayer designation α Scorpii, which is Latinised to Alpha Scorpii.Often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion", Antares is flanked by σ Scorpii and τ Scorpii near the center of the constellation.
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
Constellation map Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. ... List of stars in Scorpius; 0–9. 1 Scorpii; 1RXS J160929.1− ...
All stars but one can be associated with an IAU (International Astronomical Union) constellation. IAU constellations are areas of the sky. Although there are only 88 IAU constellations, the sky is actually divided into 89 irregularly shaped boxes as the constellation Serpens is split into two separate sections, Serpens Caput (the snake's head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (the snake's tail ...
Tau Scorpii, Latinized from τ Scorpii, formally known as Paikauhale / ˌ p aɪ k aʊ ˈ h ɑː l eɪ /, is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpius.The apparent visual magnitude of Tau Scorpii is +2.8, [2] while parallax measurements yield a distance estimate of roughly 470 light-years (150 parsecs) from Earth.
Delta Scorpii (Latinised from δ Scorpii, abbreviated Delta Sco, δ Sco) is a binary star (the presence of a third star in the system is being debated [4]) in the constellation of Scorpius. The primary star is named Dschubba / ˈ dʒ ʌ b ə /. [12] [13]