Star profile
Omicron Scorpii
What is Omicron Scorpii
Omicron Scorpii is a white giant about 879 light-years away, embedded in the intricate web of interstellar dust that wraps the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud. That dust steals over two magnitudes of visible light and reddens its glow, like a lamp seen through smoke. It actually shines with the strength of around three thousand Suns, a luminary the cosmos hands us filtered through cold clouds of gas.
Where it is and when to see it
Omicron Scorpii lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Omicron Scorpii
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.55
- Distance
- 879.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 245.159° · Dec -24.169°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80079 · HD 147084
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Other stars in Scorpius
Scorpius has 104 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AntaresAlpha Scorpii1.06
- ShaulaLambda Scorpii1.62
- SargasTheta Scorpii1.86
- HIP 809114.24
- HIP 861704.26
- Omega 2 Scorpii4.31
- 13 Scorpii4.58
- 2 Scorpii4.59