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Sunset: 15:50
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Lesath - υ Scorpii (upsilon Scorpii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:14 | Tran: 12:21 | Set: 13:28
Alt: -30.99°   Az: 112.38°   Direction: East-South-East

Lesath, also designated as υ Scorpii (upsilon Scorpii), is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

Lesath visual magnitude is 2.69. Because of its brightness, Lesath is clearly visible to the naked eye when observed from locations with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible from light polluted areas.

Image of Lesath - υ Scorpii (upsilon Scorpii) star
DSS2 image of Lesath. The red arrow shows the motion of Lesath during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 32m 27s
-37° 18’ 46”
17h 41m 10s
11h 13m 38s

J2000

17h 30m 45s
-37° 17’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

351.27°
-1.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Lesath - υ Scorpii (upsilon Scorpii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

2.69
Sub-giant

-3.32
B2IV
14087K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Lesath is distant 518.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

158.98
518.28
8 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Lesath
υ Scorpii
(upsilon Scorpii)
SAO208896
SAO208896

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 127.3°
Max altitude: 1.2°
Azimuth: 232.7°