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.

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

Right Ascension 16h 48m 24s

Declination -25° 34’ 20”

Hour Angle 18h 54m 06s

Sidereal Time 11h 42m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 46m 51s

Declination -25° 31’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.26°

Galactic Latitude 12.64°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.71

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.11

Spectral Type G6

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature 4348K

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

Distance (parsec) 231.48

Distance (light year) 754.63

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 25 Scorpii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD151179

SAO Catalogue SAO184630

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82140

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2511667

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° RISE 22:45

Max altitude: 12.9° TRANSIT 2:20

Azimuth: 244.4° SET 5:51

Set Location

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