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11 Scorpii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:25 | Tran: 1:21 | Set: 6:13
Alt: 11.63°   Az: 128.47°   Direction: South-East

11 Scorpii is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

11 Scorpii visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, 11 Scorpii is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 11 Scorpii star
DSS2 image of 11 Scorpii. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Scorpii during the next 10000 years (-7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 09m 01s
-12° 48’ 42”
20h 32m 33s
12h 41m 35s

J2000

16h 07m 36s
-12° 44’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

359.41°
27.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 11 Scorpii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Main-sequence

0.20
B9V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Scorpii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Scorpii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

11 Scorpii is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 11 Scorpii double sysyem:

5.78
10.08
4.3
3.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Scorpii is distant 425.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

130.55
425.59
-25 km/s
-0.045 arcsec/y
-0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159715
SAO159715

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Scorpii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.8°
Max altitude: 25.7°
Azimuth: 257.2°