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25 Scorpii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:45 | Tran: 2:20 | Set: 5:51
Alt: -11.91°   Az: 116.32°   Direction: East-South-East

25 Scorpii is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Scorpius.

25 Scorpii visual magnitude is 6.71. Because of its faintness, 25 Scorpii is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of 25 Scorpii star
DSS2 image of 25 Scorpii. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Scorpii during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 48m 24s
-25° 34’ 20”
18h 54m 06s
11h 42m 30s

J2000

16h 46m 51s
-25° 31’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

355.26°
12.64°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.71
Giant

-0.11
G6
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Scorpii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Scorpii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Scorpii is distant 754.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

231.48
754.63
2 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184630
SAO184630

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 25 Scorpii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.6°
Max altitude: 12.9°
Azimuth: 244.4°