13 Scorpii

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:18 | Tran: 1:33 | Set: 4:45

Alt: -57.20° Az: 56.07° Direction: North-East

13 Scorpii is a main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

13 Scorpii visual magnitude is 4.59. Because of its moderate brightness, 13 Scorpii is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 13 Scorpii. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Scorpii during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 13m 52s

Declination -27° 59’ 23”

Hour Angle 14h 02m 23s

Sidereal Time 06h 16m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 12m 18s

Declination -27° 55’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 348.12°

Galactic Latitude 16.84°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.59

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.19

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.16

Temperature 12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Scorpii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Scorpii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Scorpii is distant 467.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 143.47

Distance (light year) 467.72

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Scorpii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD145482

SAO Catalogue SAO184221

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79404

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2710841

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Scorpii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.0° RISE 22:18

Max altitude: 10.5° TRANSIT 1:33

Azimuth: 242.0° SET 4:45

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Other stars in Scorpius

13 Scorpii

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Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Alternative Designations

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