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| Scorpius | SCORE pee us | The Scorpion | |||||
| Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
 
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Alpha 1 Scorpii Antares
"rival of Mars" Alpha 2 Scorpii
| 16h 29' 24.4 -26� 25' 55 | 600 | 1.06 | M1.5Iab-Ib | Red Supergiant Blue Main Seq. Orbital Binary | faint Blue Alpha 2 appears green in contrast to bright Red Alpha 1 |
| 5.4 | B3V | ||||||
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Graffias "claws"
Beta 1 Scorpii
Beta 2 Scorpii
Acrab "scorpion"
| 16h 5' 26.1 -19� 48' 19 | 530 | 2.59 | B1V B2V | Blue Main Seq. Orbital Binary | |
| 16h 5' 26.4 -19� 48' 7 | 4.92 | ||||||
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Dschubba
Arabic: "forehead"
Delta Scorpii
| 16h 0' 19.9 -22� 37' 18 | 400 | 2.29 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | marks the head of the Scorpion |
| Epsilon Scorpii | 16h 50' 9.7 -34� 17' 36 | 65 | 2.28 | K2III | Orange Giant | |
| Zeta 1 Scorpii Zeta 2 Scorpii | 16h 53' 59.6 -42� 21' 43 | 2150s | 4.70 | B1Ia | Blue Supergiant | |
| 16h 54' 34.9 -42� 21' 41 | 150 | 3.62 | K4III | Orange Giant | |||
| Eta Scorpii | 17h 12' 9.1 -43� 14' 21 | 72 | 3.32 | F3IV | White Sub Giant | |
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Theta Scorpii
Girtab "scorpion"
both Sumerian
| 17h 37' 19 -42� 59' 52 | 270 | 1.86 | F1II | White Bright Giant | |
| Iota 1 Scorpii Iota 2 Scorpii | 17h 47' 35 -40� 7' 37 | 1800 | 2.99 | F2Ia | White Supergiant | |
| 17h 50' 11 -40� 5' 26 | 3700 | 4.81 | A6Ib | Blue White Supergiant | |||
| Kappa Scorpii | 17h 42' 29.1 -39� 1' 48 | 460 | 2.39 | B1.5III | Blue Giant | |
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| Shaula
Arabic: "the stinger" Lambda Scorpii
| 17h 33' 36.4 -37� 6' 13 | 700 | 1.62 | B1.5IV | Blue Sub Giant |
"The Spot" named for blurry area formed by Shaula and Lesath (Upsilon and Lambda) together mark the tail of the Scorpion |
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Lesath
Latin x Arabic: "spot"
Upsilon Scorpii
| 17h 30' 45.7 -37� 17' 45 | 520 | 2.70 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
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Al Niyat
Arabic: "arteries"
Sigma Scorpii
| 16h 21' 11.2 -25� 35' 34 | 730 | 2.90 | B2III O9.5V | Blue Giant & Blue Main Seq | The name Al Niyat originally applied to both Sigma and Tau - on either side of Antares, "the heart" |
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| Tau Scorpii | 16h 35' 52.9 -28� 12' 58 | 430 | 2.82 | B0V | Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Mu 1 Scorpii Mu 2 Scorpii | 16h 51' 52.1 -38� 2 51 | 820 | 3.0 | B1.5V B6.5V | Blue Main Seq. Binary | |
| 16h 52' 20 -38� 1' 3 | 520 | 3.56 | B2IV | Blue Sub Giant | |||
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| Nu 1 Scorpii Nu 2 Scorpii | 16h 11' 59.6 -19� 27' 38 | 440 | 4.00 | B3V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| 16h 11' 58.5 -19� 26' 59 | 920s | 6.55 | B8V B9V | Binary of Blue Main Sequence | |||
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| Xi 1 Scorpii Xi 2 Scorpii | 16h 4' 22 -11� 22' 23 | 91 | 4.8 5.1 | F4IV F6IV | Binary of White Sub Giants | |
| Omicron Scorpii | 16h 20' 38.1 -24� 10' 10 | 1200 | 4.55 | A5II | Blue White Bright Giant | |
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| Pi Scorpii | 15h 58' 51 -26� 6' 51 | 460 | 2.89 | B1V B2V | Binary of Blue Main Sequence | |
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| Rho Scorpii | 15h 56' 53 -29� 12' 50 | 410 | 3.87 | B2IV-V | Blue Sub Giant | |
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| Chi Scorpii | 16h 13' 50.7 -11� 50' 16 | 440 | 5.24 | K3III | Orange Giant | |
| Psi Scorpii | 16h 11' 59.9 -10� 3' 51 | 165 | 4.93 | A3IV | Blue White Sub Giant | |
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| Omega 1 Scorpii | 16h 6' 48.3 -20� 40' 9 | 420 | 3.93 | B1V | Blue Main Sequence | |
| Omega 2 Scorpii | 16h 7' 24.2 -20� 52' 7 | 260 | 4.31 | G6/G8III | Yellow Giant | |
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| V927 Scorpii | 15h 54' 39.4 -25� 14 37 | 460 | 5.87 | B8III/IV | Blue Sub Giant | |
| 18 Scorpii | 16h 15' 37.1 -8� 22' 11 | 46 | 5.49 | G1V | Yellow Main Sequence | |
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| G Scorpii | 17h 49' 51.5 -37� 2' 36 | 127 | 3.19 | K0/K1III | Orange Giant | |
| Q Scorpii | 17h 36' 32.8 -38� 38' 7 | 144 | 4.26 | G8/K0III-IV | Yellow Orange Sub Giant | |
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| d Scorpii | 16h 18' 17.9 -28� 36' 51 | 140 | 4.80 | A0V | Blue Main Sequence | |