Alpha Scorpii

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Antares
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 0.96
gptkbp:arabicName قلب العقرب (Qalb al-‘Aqrab)
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Scorpius–Centaurus_Association
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:ADS_10009
gptkb:BD−26°_4118
gptkb:FK5_611
gptkb:GC_22120
gptkb:WDS_J16294-2626
gptkb:HD_148478
gptkb:HIP_80763
gptkb:HR_6134
gptkb:SAO_184415
gptkbp:color red
gptkbp:companionApparentMagnitude 5.5
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Scorpius
gptkbp:declination −26° 25′ 55″
gptkbp:diameter ~680 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy ancient astronomers
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~550 light years
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Antares_region
gptkbp:evolutionaryStage red supergiant
gptkbp:expansion will become a supernova
gptkbp:hasCompanion gptkb:Alpha_Scorpii_B
B-type main-sequence star
gptkbp:hasExoplanet no
gptkbp:hasInfraredExcess yes
gptkbp:hasViewOf most of Earth except far north
gptkbp:hasXrayEmission yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alpha Scorpii
gptkbp:luminosity ~75,900 times Sun
gptkbp:mass ~12 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [Fe/H] = −0.19
gptkbp:nameMeaning rival of Mars
gptkbp:notableFor brightest star in Scorpius
one of the brightest stars in the night sky
featured in many mythologies
used as a navigation star
gptkbp:parallax 5.89 mas
gptkbp:properMotionRA −10.16 mas/yr
−23.21 mas/yr
gptkbp:rightAscension 16h 29m 24s
gptkbp:spectralType M1.5Iab-Ib
gptkbp:temperature ~3,500 K
gptkbp:variableStar LC (slow irregular variable)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antares
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5