Lambda Scorpii

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
gptkbp:age ~10 million years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 1.62
gptkbp:BayerDesignation gptkb:λ_Scorpii
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:HD_158926
gptkb:GC_23810
gptkb:SAO_208885
gptkb:WDS_J17336-3706A
gptkb:PLX_3932
gptkb:BD-37_4365
gptkb:FK5_641
gptkb:GSC_07875-01813
gptkb:HIP_86092
gptkb:HR_6527
gptkb:IDS_17297-3707_A
PPM 312040
CD-37 11636
gptkbp:component gptkb:Lambda_Scorpii_A
gptkb:Lambda_Scorpii_B
gptkb:Lambda_Scorpii_C
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Scorpius
gptkbp:culturalSignificance used in navigation
featured in various mythologies
one of the brightest stars in Scorpius
gptkbp:declination -37° 06′ 13″
gptkbp:diameter ~6.6 solar radii (primary)
gptkbp:discoveredBy known since antiquity
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 570 light years
gptkbp:eclipticLatitude -1.9°
263.1°
gptkbp:hasExoplanet no known exoplanets
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lambda Scorpii
gptkbp:IAUApprovedName gptkb:Shaula
gptkbp:luminosity ~36,000 times Sun (primary)
gptkbp:mass ~11 solar masses (primary)
gptkbp:metallicity unknown
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Shaula
gptkbp:parallax 0.19 mas
5.73 mas
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Scorpius_constellation
gptkbp:properMotionRA -1.83 mas/yr
-25.43 mas/yr
gptkbp:radialVelocity -5.2 km/s
gptkbp:rightAscension 17h 33m 36.5s
gptkbp:rotationPeriod ~155 km/s
gptkbp:spectralType B2IV
gptkbp:stellarSystem binary star system
gptkbp:temperature 25,000 K (primary)
gptkbp:variableType gptkb:Beta_Cephei_variable
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scorpius_constellation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6