25 Scorpii

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

25 Scorpii visual magnitude is 6.71. Because of its reltive faintness, 25 Scorpii should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 25 Scorpii:

Color of 25 Scorpii ⬤

Magnitude of 25 Scorpii 6.71

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 25 Scorpii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 25 Scorpii

25 Scorpii is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 25 Scorpii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 46m 51s

Declination J2000 -25° 31’ 42”

Galactic Longitude 355.26°

Galactic Latitude 12.64°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 25 Scorpii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 25 Scorpii.

Visibility of 25 Scorpii from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 115.5° RISE 21:30

Max altitude: 13.0° TRANSIT 1:05

Azimuth: 244.5° SET 4:37

RIGHT NOW 25 Scorpii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 25 Scorpii

The image below is a photograph of 25 Scorpii from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 25 Scorpii is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 25 Scorpii from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 754.63 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 25 Scorpii

25 Scorpii belongs to spectral class G6

Absolute magnitude -0.11

Spectral Type G6

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature of 25 Scorpii 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

Alternative designations of 25 Scorpii

Flamsteed designation 25 Scorpii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD151179

SAO Catalogue SAO184630

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82140

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2511667

In Evidence

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