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The constellation's bright stars form a pattern like a longshoreman's hook. Most of them are massive members of the nearest OB association: Scorpius–Centaurus. [4] The star δ Sco, after having been a stable 2.3 magnitude star, flared in July 2000 to 1.9 in a matter of weeks.
List of stars in Scorpius. 17 languages. ... This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Scorpius, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec
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.
Sigma Scorpii (or σ Scorpii, abbreviated Sigma Sco or σ Sco), is a multiple star system in the constellation of Scorpius, located near the red supergiant Antares, which outshines it. This system has a combined apparent visual magnitude of +2.88, [2] making it one of the brighter members of the constellation.
Zeta 1 Scorpii (Zeta 1 Sco, ζ 1 Scorpii, ζ 1 Sco) is a B-type hypergiant star in the constellation of Scorpius. [9] It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 4.66 and 4.86. [3] It is a member of the Scorpius OB1 association, and potentially of the open star cluster NGC 6231, [11] also known as the
Lambda Scorpii is a triple star system and the second-brightest object in the constellation of Scorpius. It is formally named Shaula; Lambda Scorpii is its Bayer designation, which is Latinised from λ Scorpii and abbreviated Lambda Sco or λ Sco. With an apparent visual magnitude of 1.62, it is one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
The Scorpius–Centaurus association (sometimes called Sco–Cen or Sco OB2) is the nearest OB association to the Sun. This stellar association is composed of three subgroups (Upper Scorpius, Upper Centaurus–Lupus, and Lower Centaurus–Crux) and its distance is about 130 parsecs or 420 light-years . [ 1 ]
Messier 7 or M7, also designated NGC 6475 and sometimes known as the Ptolemy Cluster, [4] is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius. The cluster is easily detectable with the naked eye, close to the "stinger" of Scorpius. With a declination of −34.8°, it is the southernmost Messier object.