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Pipirima - μ2 Scorpii (mu2 Scorpii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:46 | Tran: 7:27 | Set: 8:08
Alt: -24.00°   Az: 238.39°   Direction: West-South-West

Pipirima, also designated as μ2 Scorpii (mu2 Scorpii), is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Scorpius.

Pipirima visual magnitude is 3.57. Because of its moderate brightness, Pipirima 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 Pipirima - μ2 Scorpii (mu2 Scorpii) star
DSS2 image of Pipirima. The red arrow shows the motion of Pipirima during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 54m 02s
-38° 03’ 27”
05h 24m 31s
22h 18m 34s

J2000

16h 52m 20s
-38° 01’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

346.2°
3.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Pipirima - μ2 Scorpii (mu2 Scorpii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.57
Sub-giant

-2.43
B2IV
13831K

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

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

Star System Properties

Pipirima is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Pipirima double sysyem:

3.57
3.97
0.4
390 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Pipirima is distant 516.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

158.48
516.64
1 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Pipirima
μ2 Scorpii
(mu2 Scorpii)
SAO208116
SAO208116

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Pipirima - μ2 Scorpii (mu2 Scorpii) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.1°
Max altitude: 0.5°
Azimuth: 231.9°