16 Scorpii

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:47 | Tran: 1:06 | Set: 6:20

Alt: -27.78° Az: 67.04° Direction: East-North-East

16 Scorpii is a main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Scorpius.

16 Scorpii visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, 16 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.

DSS2 image of 16 Scorpii. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Scorpii during the next 10000 years (7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 13m 29s

Declination -08° 36’ 40”

Hour Angle 15h 41m 54s

Sidereal Time 07h 55m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 12m 07s

Declination -08° 32’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 3.92°

Galactic Latitude 29.73°

Finder Chart

Loading map...

Finder chart for 16 Scorpii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.43

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.01

Spectral Type A4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.12

Temperature 8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Scorpii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Scorpii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Scorpii is distant 249.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 76.63

Distance (light year) 249.81

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.042 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Scorpii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD145607

SAO Catalogue SAO141024

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP79387

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 4180

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Scorpii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.6° RISE 19:47

Max altitude: 29.9° TRANSIT 1:06

Azimuth: 261.4° SET 6:20

Set Location

Other stars in Scorpius