Scorpius
Appearance
Constellation | |
Abbreviation | Sco |
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Genitive | Scorpii |
Pronunciation | /ˈskɔːrpiəs/, genitive /ˈskɔːrpiaɪ/ |
Seembolism | the Scorpion |
Richt ascension | 16.8875 h |
Declination | −30.7367° |
Quadrant | SQ3 |
Area | 497 sq. deg. (33rd) |
Main starns | 18 |
Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 47 |
Starns wi planets | 14 |
Starns brichter than 3.00m | 13 |
Starns within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly) | 3 |
Brichtest starn | Antares (α Sco) (0.96m) |
Nearest starn | Gliese 682 (16.44 ly, 5.04 pc) |
Messier objects | 4 |
Meteor showers | Alpha Scorpiids Omega Scorpiids |
Borderin constellations | Sagittarius Ophiuchus Libra Lupus Norma Ara Corona Australis |
Veesible at latitudes atween +40° an −90°. Best veesible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) durin the month o Julie. |
Scorpius, whiles kent as Scorpio, is ane o the constellations o the zodiac. Its name is Laitin for scorpion, an its seembol is (Unicode ♏). It lies atween Libra tae the wast an Sagittarius tae the east. It is a muckle constellation locatit in the soothren hemisphere near the centre o the Milky Way.