Constellations
Scorpius (Sco)
The Scorpion
Also known as scorpio, scorpion.
6 looks for Scorpius
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Scorpius
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Scorpion
- IAU abbreviation
- Sco
- Its stars are named
- Scorpii (as in "Alpha Scorpii")
- Family
- The zodiac
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in July
- Centre
- Right ascension 16h 49m, declination −33° 38′
- The figure
- 14 stars joined by 13 lines
- Brightest star
- Antares, magnitude 0.96
Star patterns in it: The Fishhook.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Antares (α Sco)mag 0.96
- Shaula (λ Sco)mag 1.63
- Sargas (θ Sco)mag 1.87
- Larawag (ε Sco)mag 2.29
- Dschubba (δ Sco)mag 2.32
- Mula (κ Sco)mag 2.41
- Acrab (β1 Sco)mag 2.50
- Paikauhale (τ Sco)mag 2.82
- Fang (π Sco)mag 2.89
- Alniyat (σ Sco)mag 2.89
- Girtab (ι1 Sco)mag 3.03
- Xamidimura (μ1 Sco)mag 3.08
- η Scomag 3.33
- Grafias (ζ2 Sco)mag 3.62
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation