List of stars in Scorpius - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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s in the constellation

Constellation

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Scorpius
Scorpius
Scorpius, sometimes known as Scorpio, is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for scorpion, and its symbol is . It lies between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B 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...	F Flamsteed designation Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Each star is assigned a number and the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
Antares Antares Antares is a red supergiant star in the Milky Way galaxy and the sixteenth brightest star in the nighttime sky . Along with Aldebaran, Spica, and Regulus it is one of the four brightest stars near the ecliptic...	α	21	148478	80763	1.06	−5.28	604	M1Ib + B2.5V	Cor Scorpii, Qalb al-Aqrab, Vespertilo; 16th brightest star; binary Binary star A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary... ; variable Variable star A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth...
λ Sco Lambda Scorpii Lambda Scorpii is the second brightest star system in the constellation Scorpius, and one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. It has the Bayer designation λ despite being the second brightest in its constellation...	λ	35	158926	85927	1.62	−5.05	703	B1.5IV+...	Shaula; β Cep variable Beta Cephei variable Beta Cephei variables are variable stars which exhibit variations in their brightness due to pulsations of the stars' surfaces. The point of maximum brightness roughly corresponds to the maximum contraction of the star. Typically, Beta Cephei variables change in brightness by 0.01 to 0.3...
θ Sco Theta Scorpii Theta Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Sargas, of Sumerian origin....	θ		159532	86228	1.86	−2.75	272	F1II	Sargas; 160 G. Sco
δ Sco Delta Scorpii Delta Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Dschubba Delta Scorpii (δ Sco, δ Scorpii) is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Dschubba Delta Scorpii (δ Sco, δ Scorpii) is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the...	δ	7	143275	78401	2.29	−3.16	401	B0.2IV	Dschubba, Al Jabba, Iclarkrau; γ Cas variable
ε Sco Epsilon Scorpii Epsilon Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. Patrick Moore introduced the name Wei but this seems to be a misreading; Wěi , meaning the Tail, was originally the name of a Chinese asterism or Xiù comprising the stars ε, μ1-2, ζ1-2, η, θ, ι, κ,...	ε	26	151680	82396	2.29	0.78	65	K2IIIb	Wei
κ Sco Kappa Scorpii Kappa Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Girtab, which is the Sumerian word for 'scorpion' and has survived through the Babylonian star catalogues....	κ		160578	86670	2.39	−3.38	464	B1.5III	Girtab; 165 G. Sco; β Cep variable
β¹ Sco	β¹	8	144217	78820	2.56	−3.50	530	B0.5V	Acrab, Elacrab, Graffias, Grafias, Grassias
υ Sco Upsilon Scorpii Upsilon Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Lesath , from Arabic las'a = "pass of a poisonous animal"; but this is a miscorrection by Scaliger for earlier "Alascha", which came from Arabic al laţkha = "the foggy...	υ	34	158408	85696	2.70	−3.31	518	B2IV	Lesath, Lesuth
τ Sco Tau Scorpii Tau Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. Tau Scorpii also has the traditional name Alniyat or Al Niyat, which it shares with σ Scorpii. The name derives from the Arabic النياط an-niyāţ meaning "the arteries"....	τ	23	149438	81266	2.82	−2.78	430	B0V	Alniyat, Al Niyat
π Sco Pi Scorpii Pi Scorpii is a triple star system in the constellation Scorpius. It is approximately 459 light years from Earth.Pi Scorpii A is a contact binary of the Beta Lyrae type. Both its members are hot, blue-white B-type dwarfs. Together they have a mean apparent magnitude of +2.89. Their rotation...	π	6	143018	78265	2.89	−2.85	459	B1V + B2V	Vrischika, Iclil; β Lyr variable Beta Lyrae variable Beta Lyrae variables are a class of close binary stars. Their total brightness is variable because the two component stars orbit each other, and in this orbit one component periodically passes in front of the other one, thereby blocking its light. The two component stars of Beta Lyrae systems are...
σ Sco Sigma Scorpii Sigma Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. It has the traditional name Al Niyat, although this name is sometimes also applied to Tau Scorpii, or to the asterism formed by both Sigma and Tau. Sigma Scorpii is 735 light years from the Sun.The primary component of the system,...	σ	20	147165	80112	2.90	−3.86	734	B1III	Alniyat, Al Niyat; β Cep variable
ι¹ Sco Iota1 Scorpii Iota¹ 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....	ι¹		161471	87073	2.99	−5.71	1791	F3Ia	Apollyon; 169 G. Sco
μ¹ Sco	μ¹		151890	82514	3.00	−4.01	821	B1.5IV + B	Denebakrab; 98 G. Sco; β Lyr variable
G Sco	G		161892	87261	3.19	0.24	127	K0/K1III	＝ γ Tel; Basanismus, Chuen Shwo; 172 G. Sco
η Sco Eta Scorpii Eta Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius.Eta Scorpii is a yellow-white F-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.32. It is approximately 72.0 light years from Earth....	η		155203	84143	3.32	1.61	72	F3p	126 G. Sco
μ² Sco	μ²		151985	82545	3.56	−2.44	517	B2IV	Shéngōng (神宮), 99 G. Sco
ζ² Sco	ζ²		152334	82729	3.62	0.30	150	K4III	104 G. Sco
ρ Sco Rho Scorpii Rho Scorpii is a binary star in the constellation Scorpius. It is approximately 409 light years from Earth.The primary component, Rho Scorpii A, is a blue-white B-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +3.87. Orbiting it with a separation of 38 arcseconds is the magnitude +12.8 Rho Scorpii B....	ρ	5	142669	78104	3.87	−1.62	409	B2IV/V
ω¹ Sco	ω¹	9	144470	78933	3.93	−1.64	423	B1V	Jabhat al Akrab
ν Sco Nu Scorpii Nu Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius.It is at least a quintuple star, probably a septuple, consisting of two close groups that are separated by 41". The brighter group, Nu Scorpii A and B, is split by 1.3" and composed of spectral type B2 subgiants...	ν	14	145502	79374	4.00	−1.63	436	B2IV	Jabbah, Jabah; quintuple star Multiple star A multiple star consists of three or more stars which appear from the Earth to be close to one another in the sky. This may result from the stars being physically close and gravitationally bound to each other, in which case it is physical, or this closeness may be merely apparent, in which case...
H Sco	H		149447	81304	4.18	−0.90	339	K5III	76 G. Sco ＝ β Nor
N Sco	N		148703	80911	4.24	−2.56	746	B2III-IV	72 G. Sco ＝ α Nor
Q Sco	Q		159433	86170	4.26	1.03	144	G8/K0III/IV	159 G. Sco
ω² Sco	ω²	10	144608	78990	4.31	−0.24	265	G6/G8III	Jabhat al Akrab
ο Sco Omicron Scorpii Omicron Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius.Omicron Scorpii is a white A-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.55. It is approximately 1200 light years from Earth....	ο	19	147084	80079	4.55	−3.24	1177	A4II/III
13 Sco	c²	13	145482	79404	4.58	−1.20	468	B2V
2 Sco	A	2	142114	77840	4.59	−1.03	434	B2.5Vn
1 Sco 1 Scorpii 1 Scorpii is a star in the constellation of Scorpius....	b	1	141637	77635	4.63	−1.39	522	B1.5Vn
ζ¹ Sco	ζ¹		152236	82671	4.70			B1Iae	103 G. Sco; S Dor variable
ξ Sco A Xi Scorpii Xi Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. It was also 51 Lib.The Xi Scorpii system consists of at least five stars in two groups separated by 4.67 arcminutes on the sky, corresponding to a distance of at least 8000 astronomical units .The brighter group contains Xi Scorpii A, B,...	ξ		144070		4.77				17 G. Sco; sextuple star
ι² Sco Iota2 Scorpii Iota² 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...	ι²		161912	87294	4.78	−5.50	3705	A6Ib	173 G. Sco
22 Sco	i	22	148605	80815	4.79	−0.61	393	B3V
170 G. Sco			161840	87220	4.79	−1.56	607	B8Ib/II
53 G. Sco	d		146624	79881	4.80	1.63	140	A0V:
V1073 Sco (120 G. Sco)	k		154090	83574	4.83	−4.74	2672	B2Iab	α Cyg variable Alpha Cygni variable Alpha Cygni variables are variable stars which exhibit non-radial pulsations, meaning that some portions of the stellar surface are contracting at the same time others parts expand. They are supergiant stars of spectral types B or A...
181 G. Sco			163145	87846	4.85	−0.29	347	K2III
183 G. Sco			163376	87936	4.88	−1.24	547	M0III
β² Sco	β²	8	144218	78821	4.90	−2.80	1132	B2V
ψ Sco Psi Scorpii Psi Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius. Psi Scorpii is a white A-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +4.93. It is approximately 165 light years from Earth....	ψ	15	145570	79375	4.93	1.41	165	A3IV
15 G. Sco			143787	78650	4.96	0.90	212	K3III
117 G. Sco			153613	83336	5.03	−0.86	491	B8V
125 G. Sco			154948	84033	5.06	0.24	300	G8/K0III+..
ξ Sco B Xi Scorpii Xi Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. It was also 51 Lib.The Xi Scorpii system consists of at least five stars in two groups separated by 4.67 arcminutes on the sky, corresponding to a distance of at least 8000 astronomical units .The brighter group contains Xi Scorpii A, B,...	ξ		144069	78727	5.07			F5IV	sextuple star
35 G. Sco			145250	79302	5.09	0.62	255	K0III
146 G. Sco			157243	85162	5.10	−1.73	756	B7III
V973 Sco (97 G. Sco)			151804	82493	5.23	−6.36	6792	O9e	α Cyg variable
χ Sco Chi Scorpii Chi Scorpii is a star in the constellation Scorpius.Chi Scorpii is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.24. It is approximately 439 light years from Earth....	χ	17	145897	79540	5.24	−0.41	439	K3III
V1058 Sco (71 G. Sco)			148688	80945	5.31	−6.79	8579	B1Ia	α Cyg variable
25 G. Sco			144690	79050	5.35	−0.23	425	M2III
62 G. Sco HD 147513 HD 147513 is the 5th-magnitude star in the constellation of Scorpius. It was first catalogued by Italian astronomer Piazzi in his star catalogue as "XVI 55"....			147513	80337	5.37	4.82	42	G3/G5V	has a planet Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars... (b HD 147513 b HD 147513 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 42 light years away in the constellation of Scorpius. The planet has at least 21% more massive than Jupiter. But unlike Jupiter, it orbits the star much closer, mean distance being only a third more than Earth's distance from the Sun... )
4 G. Sco			142165	77858	5.38	−0.14	414	B5V
V1040 Sco (5 G. Sco)			142184	77859	5.41	0.01	393	B2V	Be star Be star A Be star is a B-type star with prominent emission lines of hydrogen in its spectrum. The designation is combined by the spectral class, B, and the lowercase e denoting emission in the spectral classification system. Line emission from other atomic ions might be present as well, but is typically...
66 G. Sco			147628	80390	5.42	−0.36	468	B8V
V913 Sco (11 G. Sco)			142990	78246	5.43	−0.45	488	B5V	SX Ari variable
16 Sco		16	145607	79387	5.43	1.01	250	A4V
V918 Sco			149404	81305	5.46	−4.39	3047	O9Ia	61 Nor in Sco
101 G. Sco			152234	82676	5.46	−5.84	5927	B0.5Ia
91 G. Sco			151078	82135	5.48	0.21	369	K0III
27 Sco		27	152820	82960	5.48	−1.25	724	K5III
18 Sco 18 Scorpii 18 Scorpii is a star located some 45.3 light years from Earth at the northern edge of the Scorpius constellation.18 Scorpii has many physical properties in common with the Sun. Cayrel de Strobel included it in her review of the stars most similar to the Sun, and Porto de Mello & da Silva ...		18	146233	79672	5.49	4.76	46	G1V	solar analog Solar analog Solar-type, solar analog, and solar twin stars are those stars that are particularly similar to the Sun. The classification is a hierarchy with solar twin being most like the Sun followed by solar analog and then solar-type...
30 G. Sco			144987	79199	5.50	−0.12	433	B8V
55 G. Sco			146836	79980	5.53	2.44	135	F5IV
139 G. Sco			156098	84551	5.53	2.01	165	F6V
166 G. Sco			160668	86698	5.53	−0.57	542	K5III
179 G. Sco			162587	87569	5.58	−1.97	1055	K3III
V1075 Sco (134 G. Sco)			155806	84401	5.60	−5.08	4466	O9	Be star
4 Sco		4	142445	77984	5.63	0.02	432	A3V
87 G. Sco			150742	81972	5.64	−0.26	492	B3V
127 G. Sco			155259	84150	5.66	1.61	211	A0/A1V
12 Sco	c¹	12	145483	79399	5.67	0.87	298	B9V
V1036 Sco (157 G. Sco)			159176	86011	5.69	−4.40	3396	O5/6(e)
11 Sco		11	144708	79005	5.75	0.17	426	B9V
			156293	84690	5.76	0.68	339	B9V
106 G. Sco			152408	82775	5.78	−6.56	9588	O8Iab+...
68 G. Sco			148247	80672	5.79	0.84	319	K1IIICN...
V1003 Sco			149711	81472	5.83	−0.79	686	B2.5IV	62 Nor in Sco
10 G. Sco			142883	78168	5.84	0.11	455	B3V
81 G. Sco			150331	81741	5.84	1.08	292	G1II
105 G. Sco			152293	82716	5.84			F5Ib-II
155 G. Sco			158799	85889	5.84	−1.55	982	B9Ib/II
			162391	87472	5.84	−0.95	744	G8/K0III	In cluster M7
67 G. Sco			147723	80399	5.84	2.91	102	G0
27 G. Sco			144844	79098	5.86	0.28	426	B9V
34 G. Sco			145191	79320	5.86	1.66	226	F0IV
3 Sco		3	142301	77909	5.87	0.14	455	B8III/IV	V927 Sco; SX Ari variable
168 G. Sco			160928	86847	5.87	1.29	269	A2/A3IV/V
V957 Sco			162374	87460	5.88	−1.15	830	B6Ib	SX Ari variable; in cluster M7
V929 Sco (19 G. Sco)			144334	78877	5.90	0.03	487	B8V	SX Ari variable
43 G. Sco			145838	79596	5.91	−0.56	643	K0III
V923 Sco (118 G. Sco)			153890	83491	5.91	1.88	209	F3V
142 G. Sco			156384	84709	5.91	6.69	23	K4V	GJ 667
145 G. Sco			157097	85048	5.91	0.36	421	K1III
77 G. Sco			149886	81523	5.93	0.31	434	B9.5V+...
124 G. Sco			154783	83896	5.93	1.36	267	Fm
176 G. Sco			162189	87390	5.94	−0.83	738	M2III
V1068 Sco			152161	82650	5.95	−1.81	1160	M3II/III	64 G. Nor in Scorpius
116 G. Sco			153368	83235	5.95	1.19	292	K2IIICN...
130 G. Sco			155450	84226	5.95	−4.35	3747	B1Ib
133 G. Sco			155826	84425	5.95	3.52	100	G0V
57 G. Sco			146850	79938	5.97	−1.15	865	K3IIICNpvar
122 G. Sco			154310	83693	5.98	0.42	422	A2IV
149 G. Sco			158105	85543	5.98	−0.47	637	K0III
90 G. Sco			150894	81992	5.99	−0.83	755	A3IV
V906 Sco			162724	87616	6.00	−1.45	1009	B9IV/V	In cluster M7
163 G. Sco			160371	86527	6.01	−2.35	1531	K3III + (G)
			162517	87532	6.03	1.99	209	F2V
85 G. Sco			150608	81904	6.05	−0.62	703	B9II/III
114 G. Sco			153072	83100	6.05	1.47	269	A3III
175 G. Sco			162496	87516	6.05	−0.60	697	K1III
180 G. Sco			162926	87722	6.05	−0.75	748	B9.5III
46 G. Sco			146001	79622	6.06	0.30	462	B8V
14 G. Sco			143619	78575	6.07	0.37	451	K2/K3III
73 G. Sco			148760	80910	6.07	1.87	225	K1III
V1007 Sco			152248	82691	6.07			O7e	β Lyr variable
48 G. Sco			146254	79692	6.09	−0.28	614	A0III
138 G. Sco			155974	84489	6.09	3.55	105	F6V
162 G. Sco			159707	86311	6.09	−0.54	692	B8V
96 G. Sco			151771	82453	6.10	−0.99	853	B8II/III
			162817	87671	6.10	−0.96	842	B9.5/A0III
56 G. Sco			146954	80066	6.11	0.20	496	B9V
84 G. Sco			150591	81914	6.14	0.28	485	B6/B7V
147 G. Sco			157486	85237	6.14	0.19	505	Ap...
			162586	87567	6.14	−0.88	825	B4III
6 G. Sco			142250	77900	6.15	0.09	531	B7V
V1074 Sco (123 G. Sco)			154368	83706	6.15	−1.67	1194	O9.5Iab	α Cyg variable
V949 Sco (154 G. Sco)			158741	85839	6.16	1.06	341	F2IV	δ Sct variable Delta Scuti variable A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the...
28 G. Sco			144927	79173	6.18	1.07	344	K1III
V861 Sco (112 G. Sco)			152667	82911	6.18			B0.5Ia	β Lyr variable
121 G. Sco			154153	83650	6.18	2.08	215	A4III
178 G. Sco			162396	87523	6.19	3.62	107	F8V
136 G. Sco			155940	84445	6.20	0.92	370	B9/B9.5V
83 G. Sco			150573	81903	6.21	0.61	430	A4V
16 G. Sco			143900	78699	6.22	−0.09	597	K2/K3III
161 G. Sco			159633	86246	6.26	−3.44	2835	G2Ib
V900 Sco			152235	82669	6.28			B1Ia
G. Sco			154025	83594	6.28	1.33	319	A2V
184 G. Sco			163433	87948	6.28	0.29	513	A0IV/V
58 G. Sco			146834	79945	6.29	0.40	490	K0III
110 G. Sco			152636	82855	6.29	0.03	581	K5III
ν Sco C Nu Scorpii Nu Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius.It is at least a quintuple star, probably a septuple, consisting of two close groups that are separated by 41". The brighter group, Nu Scorpii A and B, is split by 1.3" and composed of spectral type B2 subgiants...	ν	14	145501		6.30				C component of the ν Sco Nu Scorpii Nu Scorpii is a star system in the constellation Scorpius.It is at least a quintuple star, probably a septuple, consisting of two close groups that are separated by 41". The brighter group, Nu Scorpii A and B, is split by 1.3" and composed of spectral type B2 subgiants... system
			152424	82783	6.30			O9Ia
128 G. Sco			155276	84151	6.30	1.03	370	K1IIICN...
148 G. Sco			158042	85549	6.30	−2.04	1516	B5III
22 G. Sco			144585	78955	6.32	4.02	94	G5V
24 G. Sco			144661	79031	6.32	0.97	384	B8IV/V
47 G. Sco			145997	79605	6.32	1.63	282	K1III
V975 Sco (143 G. Sco)			157038	85020	6.33			B4Ia+...	α Cyg variable
107 G. Sco			152431	82731	6.34	−0.09	631	A5IIIm...
V911 Sco (100 G. Sco)			151965	82554	6.35	0.07	588	B9p Si	α² CVn variable
V919 Sco			151932	82543	6.36			WN...	Wolf-Rayet star Wolf-Rayet star Wolf–Rayet stars are evolved, massive stars , which are losing mass rapidly by means of a very strong stellar wind, with speeds up to 2000 km/s...
V1077 Sco (140 G. Sco)			156325	84650	6.36	−1.57	1259	B5III	Be star
150 G. Sco			158156	85589	6.38	1.34	332	A1V
V1051 Sco (41 G. Sco)			145792	79530	6.40	0.69	453	B6IV	SX Ari variable
52 G. Sco			146436	79788	6.40	−0.03	631	G8III
45 G. Sco			145964	79599	6.41	1.29	345	B9V
			161390	87042	6.41	1.07	381	A0V
V951 Sco			162725	87624	6.41	−0.96	973	Ap...	α² CVn variable
V915 Sco (131 G. Sco)			155603	84332	6.42			K0Ia
144 G. Sco			157060	85019	6.42	3.58	121	F8V
33 G. Sco			145100	79203	6.43	2.96	161	F3V
			149174	81198	6.43	0.06	614	K2/K3III
153 G. Sco			158619	85786	6.43	0.98	401	K2III
167 G. Sco			160748	86716	6.44	−3.13	2672	M1III
64 G. Sco			147553	80324	6.45	1.11	381	A0V+...
86 G. Sco			150638	81891	6.46	−0.44	784	B8V
137 G. Sco			155985	84556	6.46			B0.5Iab:
			163234	87865	6.46	0.22	576	K3III
80 G. Sco			150420	81803	6.47	1.09	388	G3III
			153919	83499	6.48			O5f
158 G. Sco			159312	86098	6.48	1.40	338	A0V
			153234	83202	6.50	2.98	165	F3V
V636 Sco V636 Scorpii V636 Sco is a classical Cepheid star....			156979	85035	6.68			F7/F8Ib/II
25 Sco 25 Scorpii 25 Scorpii is a star in the Scorpius constellation and located 755 lightyears from Earth with a visual magnitude of 6.72.- References :...		25	151179	82140	6.72	−0.10	755	K0II
RR Sco			152783	82912	6.97	−0.76	1148	M6IIIe	Mira variable Mira variable Mira variables , named after the star Mira, are a class of pulsating variable stars characterized by very red colors, pulsation periods longer than 100 days, and light amplitudes greater than one magnitude in infrared and 2.5 magnitude in visual...
HD 143567			143567	78530	7.18		511	B9V	has a planet (b)
Gliese 667B Gliese 667 Gliese 667 is a triple star system in the constellation of Scorpius. The star system lies at a distance of about 6.8 pc . There is a 12th magnitude star close to the other three, but it is not gravitationally bound to the system...					7.24	8.02	23	K5	component of Gliese 667 system
HD 159868 HD 159868 HD 159868 is a yellow dwarf star approximately 172 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. The star is thought to be 3.05 times more luminous than the Sun, yet the metallicity is identical to the Sun. As of 2007, an extrasolar planet has been confirmed to be orbiting the star.-...			159868	86375	7.27	3.66	172	G5V	has a planet (b HD 159868 b HD 159868 b is a extrasolar planet that orbits HD 159868. It is a jovian planet. The orbit is extremely eccentric at the average distance of 2 AU. The orbital distance ranges from as close as 0.62 AU to as far as 3.38 AU.... )
HD 153950 HD 153950 \|- bgcolor="#FFFAFA"HD 153950 is a F type star that is hotter and larger than our Sun. It is located in the southern constellation Scorpius. It is a 7th magnitude star at a distance of about 188 light years from Earth.-Planetary system:...			153950	83547	7.39	3.91	162	F8V	has a planet (b HD 153950 b HD 153950 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 162 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius, orbiting the 7th magnitude F-type main sequence star HD 153950. This planet has mass about 2.73 times that of Jupiter, but because the inclination is not known, the mass value is only... )
HD 145377 HD 145377 \|- bgcolor="#FFFAFA"HD 145377 is a G type star that is a little hotter and a little larger than our Sun. It is located in the southern constellation Scorpius. It is a 8th magnitude star at a distance of about 188 light years from Earth....			145377	79346	8.12	4.31	188	G3V	has a planet (b HD 145377 b HD 145377 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 188 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius, orbiting the 8th magnitude G-type main sequence star HD 145377. This planet orbits at a distance of 0.45 astronomical units and takes 104 days to revolve around the star with an... )
GSC 06214-00210					9.15		473	M1	has a planet (b)
Gliese 667C Gliese 667 Gliese 667 is a triple star system in the constellation of Scorpius. The star system lies at a distance of about 6.8 pc . There is a 12th magnitude star close to the other three, but it is not gravitationally bound to the system...					10.22	11.00	23	M1.5	component of Gliese 667 system; has a planet (b)
HDE 319718					10.43	−7.3	8150	O3 If*	one of the most luminous stars known
HIP 79431 HIP 79431 HIP 79431 is an 11th magnitude M-type main sequence star located approximately 49 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. This star is smaller, cooler, dimmer, and less massive than our Sun. Also its metal content is 2.5 times as much as the Sun. In 2010, a superjovian planet was found in...				79431	11.34	10.47	49	M3V	has a planet (b HIP 79431 b HIP 79431 b is an extrasolar planet discovered by the W. M. Keck Observatory in 2010. The planet is found in an M type dwarf star catalogued as HIP 79431 and is located within the Scorpius constellation approximately 47 light years away from the Earth. Its orbital period lasts about 111.7 days and... )
WASP-17 WASP-17 WASP-17 is an F-type main sequence star approximately 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. As of 2009, an extrasolar planet has been confirmed to orbit the star...					11.59		~1000	F4	has a transiting planet (b WASP-17b WASP-17b is an exoplanet in the constellation Scorpius that is orbiting the star WASP-17. Its discovery was announced on 11 August 2009. It is the first planet discovered to have a retrograde orbit, meaning it orbits in a direction counter to the rotation of its host star. This discovery changed... )
Scorpius X-1 Scorpius X-1 Scorpius X-1 is an X-ray source located roughly 9000 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. Scorpius X-1 was the first extrasolar X-ray source discovered, and, aside from the Sun, it is the strongest source of X-rays in the sky...					12.2		9000		X-ray binary X-ray binary X-ray binaries are a class of binary stars that are luminous in X-rays.The X-rays are produced by matter falling from one component, called the donor to the other component, called the accretor, which is compact: a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole.The infalling matter releases...
1RXS J160929.1-210524 1RXS J160929.1-210524 1RXS J160929.1-210524 is a pre–main sequence star nearly 470 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. The star was identified as a year-old member of the Upper Scorpius subgroup of the Scorpius-Centaurus Association by Thomas Preibisch and coauthors in 1998.- Planetary system :On 8...					12.97	7.17	470	K7V	text-align:left; > has a planet (b)
OGLE-2005-BLG-390L OGLE-2005-BLG-390L OGLE-2005-BLG-390L is a star thought to be a spectral type M - red dwarf star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L is a star thought to be a spectral type M - red dwarf star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L is a star thought to be a spectral type M - red dwarf star (95% probability, 4% probability it is a white dwarf,...					15.7		~21500	M4	has a planet (b OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb is a 'super-Earth' extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L, which is situated 21,500 ± 3,300 light years away from Earth, near the center of the Milky Way galaxy... )
Wray 17-96 Wray 17-96 Wray 17-96 is a very luminous star in the Scorpius constellation, about away. Likely a luminous blue variable , it has an absolute bolometric magnitude of −10.9 , making it one of the most luminous stars known. Wray 17-96 is also notable for its gas hull, once thought to be a planetary nebula....					17.8	−10.9	15000	B3	one of the most luminous stars known
OGLE-2005-BLG-071L OGLE-2005-BLG-071L OGLE-2005-BLG-071L is a distant, magnitude 19.5 galactic bulge star located in the constellation Scorpius, approximately 11000 light years away from the Solar System...					19.5		~11000	M?	has a planet (b OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb is an planet discovered by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment and others in 2005, using gravitational microlensing. According to the best fit model, it has about 3.5 times the mass of Jupiter and a projected separation of 3.6 astronomical units from the star... )
MOA-2008-BLG-310L MOA-2008-BLG-310L MOA-2008-BLG-310L is a 23rd magnitude star located at least 20000 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. This star has mass 0.67 solar masses which imply that it could probably be a late K-type star. In 2009 during the microlensing event, a planet was found orbiting this star at a distance...					23.38		>20000		has a planet (b MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb is an extrasolar planet which orbits probably the late K-type star MOA-2008-BLG-310L, located at least 20000 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. This planet has mass 23% of Jupiter or 77% of Saturn and orbits at 1.25 AU from the star. This planet was discovered by... )
PSR B1620-26 PSR B1620-26 PSR B1620-26 is a binary star system located at a distance of 3,800 parsecs in the globular cluster of Messier 4 in the constellation of Scorpius. The system is composed of a pulsar and a white dwarf...					24	11	12400	pulsar+DB	neutron star Neutron star A neutron star is a type of stellar remnant that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star during a Type II, Type Ib or Type Ic supernova event. Such stars are composed almost entirely of neutrons, which are subatomic particles without electrical charge and with a slightly larger... /white dwarf White dwarf A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a small star composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. They are very dense; a white dwarf's mass is comparable to that of the Sun and its volume is comparable to that of the Earth. Its faint luminosity comes from the emission of stored... binary orbited by a planet (b); member of the M4 Messier 4 Messier 4 or M4 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1746 and catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764. It was the first globular cluster in which individual stars were resolved.-Visibility:M4 is conspicuous in even the smallest of... globular cluster Globular cluster A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. The name of this category of star cluster is...
OGLE-2007-BLG-368L OGLE-2007-BLG-368L OGLE-2007-BLG-368 is a faint and far away star located at least 19,200 light years away from Sun in the constellation Scorpius. This star has mass 0.65 solar masses which implies that it could probably be a late K-type star. In 2009 during the microlensing event, a Neptune-mass planet was found...							19230	late K?	has a planet (b OGLE-2007-BLG-368Lb OGLE-2007-BLG-368Lb is an extrasolar planet located approximately 19,230 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius, orbiting the star OGLE-2007-BLG-368L. This planet was detected on December 8, 2009 by the gravitational microlensing by Sumi. It has mass 6.94% of Jupiter and is located 3.3... )

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