Iota Scorpii
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There are two stars with the Bayer designation
Iota Scorpii:
They are separated by 0.50° in the sky.
All of them were member of asterism 尾 (Wěi), Tail, Tail
mansion.
Bayer designation
A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...
Iota Scorpii:
- Iota1 ScorpiiIota1 ScorpiiIota¹ Scorpii is a yellow-white F-type supergiant with an apparent magnitude of +3.02. It is approximately 1800 light years from Earth. It has a 13th magnitude companion 37.5 arcseconds, or at least 20,000 astronomical units , away from it.-External links:* by Dr. Jim Kaler....
- Iota2 ScorpiiIota2 ScorpiiIota² Scorpii is a white A-type supergiant with an apparent magnitude of +4.78. It is approximately 3700 light years from Earth. At a separation of 32.6 arcseconds from the supergiant is an 11th magnitude neighbour. If this is truly a companion, it lies at least 37 000 AU, or more than half...
They are separated by 0.50° in the sky.
All of them were member of asterism 尾 (Wěi), Tail, Tail
Tail (Chinese constellation)
The Tail mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.- Asterisms :...
mansion.