Antares
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Distance to Earth | 619. 7 light years |
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Magnitude | 1. 09 |
B−V color index | +1. 83 |
Constellation | Scorpius |
U−B color index | +1. 34 |
Did you know | Its distance from the earth is about 520 light-years. |
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ID | 815117 |
About Antares
Antares, designated α Scorpii, is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest object in the constellation of Scorpius. Distinctly reddish when viewed with the naked eye, Antares is a slow irregular variable star that ranges in brightness from apparent magnitude +0. 6 to +1. 6.