Antarès

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
astronomer
gptkbp:age 11 million years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 0.96
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:Bayer_designation
gptkb:Henry_Draper_Catalogue
gptkb:Hipparcos_Catalogue
gptkb:Bright_Star_Catalogue
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:HD_148478
gptkbp:color red
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Scorpius
gptkbp:coordinatesEpoch gptkb:J2000
gptkbp:culturalSignificance important in many ancient cultures
gptkbp:declination -26° 25′ 55″
gptkbp:diameter 680 solar radii
gptkbp:discoveredBy ancient astronomers
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 550 light years
gptkbp:eclipticLatitude 4.6°
249.9°
gptkbp:expansion will become supernova
gptkbp:hasCompanion Antarès B
blue-white main sequence star
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:hostedBy red supergiant
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Antarès
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Scorpius
gptkbp:luminosity 75,900 times Sun
gptkbp:mass 12 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity -0.15 [Fe/H]
gptkbp:nameOrigin Greek: 'rival of Mars'
gptkbp:notableFor brightest star in Scorpius
distinct red color
one of the largest visible stars
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:α_Scorpii
gptkb:Alpha_Scorpii
gptkb:HD_148478
gptkb:HIP_80763
gptkb:HR_6134
gptkbp:parallax 5.89 mas
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:properMotionRA -10.16 mas/yr
-23.21 mas/yr
gptkbp:rightAscension 16h 29m 24.4s
gptkbp:separationFromCompanion 2.9 arcseconds
gptkbp:spectralType M1.5Iab-Ib
gptkbp:temperature 3,400 K
gptkbp:variableStar LC (slow irregular variable)
gptkbp:visibleSeason summer (Northern Hemisphere)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Le_Mans_Sarthe_Basket
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6