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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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χ Scorpii (chi Scorpii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:50 | Tran: 1:51 | Set: 6:48
Alt: -32.53°   Az: 65.88°   Direction: East-North-East

χ Scorpii is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Scorpius.

χ Scorpii visual magnitude is 5.22. Because of its faintness, χ 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 χ Scorpii (chi Scorpii) star
DSS2 image of χ Scorpii. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Scorpii during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 15m 15s
-11° 54’ 00”
15h 27m 24s
07h 42m 39s

J2000

16h 13m 50s
-11° 50’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

1.3°
27.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Scorpii (chi Scorpii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.22
Giant

-0.43
K3III
3918K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Scorpii is distant 438.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

134.59
438.76
-25 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Scorpii
(chi Scorpii)
SAO159793
SAO159793

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 101.9°
Max altitude: 26.6°
Azimuth: 258.1°