Graffias

Its story

Graffias is the Xi of Scorpius, the celestial scorpion whose silhouette crawls along the southern horizon on summer nights. The name, of uncertain origin and long debated by philologists, has historically been shared by several stars in the constellation. A yellow-white F-class star about 79 light-years away, it is a calm flame burning in the long, curving sting of the scorpion.