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ο Scorpii (omicron Scorpii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:06 | Tran: 6:47 | Set: 10:28
Alt: -0.44°   Az: 130.48°   Direction: South-East

ο Scorpii is a variable bright giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Scorpius.

ο Scorpii visual magnitude is 4.55. Because of its moderate brightness, ο Scorpii is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ο Scorpii (omicron Scorpii) star
DSS2 image of ο Scorpii. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Scorpii during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 22m 09s
-24° 13’ 39”
20h 13m 55s
12h 36m 04s

J2000

16h 20m 38s
-24° 10’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

352.33°
18.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο Scorpii (omicron Scorpii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.55
Bright giant

-3.24
A5II
5163K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Scorpii is distant 1,176.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

361.01
1,176.90
-8 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Scorpii
(omicron Scorpii)
SAO184329
SAO184329

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 114.2°
Max altitude: 14.3°
Azimuth: 245.8°