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TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:33 
Transit: 13:38 
Sunset: 21:42
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27 Scorpii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:59 | Tran: 23:32 | Set: 2:08
Alt: -4.30°   Az: 219.88°   Direction: South-West

27 Scorpii is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Scorpius.

27 Scorpii visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, 27 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.

Image of 27 Scorpii star
DSS2 image of 27 Scorpii. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Scorpii during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 58m 51s
-33° 17’ 50”
03h 19m 35s
20h 18m 26s

J2000

16h 57m 11s
-33° 15’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

350.54°
6.07°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Giant

-1.25
K5III
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Scorpii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Scorpii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Scorpii is distant 724.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 76 kilometers per second.

222.22
724.44
-76 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO208232
SAO208232

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Scorpii rise, transit and set times from Etteldorf, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 123.3°
Max altitude: 6.7°
Azimuth: 236.7°