Scorpius–Centaurus Association

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Scorpius–Centaurus_Association

GPTKB entity

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	stellar association
gptkbp:age	11–17 million years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Sco–Cen_Association
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:HD_131399 gptkb:Eta_Centauri gptkb:Mu_Centauri gptkb:Alpha_Centauri gptkb:Antares gptkb:Beta_Centauri gptkb:HD_135344 gptkb:Beta_Cru gptkb:Beta_Lup gptkb:Delta_Cru gptkb:Delta_Lup gptkb:Epsilon_Cru gptkb:Epsilon_Lup gptkb:Eta_Cen gptkb:Gamma_Cru gptkb:Gamma_Lup gptkb:HD_100546 gptkb:HD_106906 gptkb:HD_139614 gptkb:HD_141569 gptkb:HD_142527 gptkb:HD_144432 gptkb:HD_150193 gptkb:HD_169142 gptkb:HD_179218 gptkb:HD_97048 gptkb:HD_98800 gptkb:Kappa_Sco gptkb:Lambda_Sco gptkb:Mu_Cen gptkb:Mu_Cru gptkb:Nu_Cen gptkb:Nu_Lup gptkb:Omega_Cen gptkb:Omega_Sco gptkb:Pi_Cen gptkb:Pi_Cru gptkb:Pi_Sco gptkb:Rho_Cen gptkb:Sigma_Lup gptkb:Tau_Cen gptkb:Tau_Sco gptkb:Upsilon_Cen gptkb:Upsilon_Sco gptkb:Zeta1_Sco gptkb:Zeta2_Sco gptkb:Zeta_Cen gptkb:Zeta_Cru gptkb:Zeta_Lup gptkb:HD_95086 gptkb:Beta_Scorpii gptkb:Delta_Scorpii gptkb:HD_163296
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Otto_Struve
gptkbp:discoveredIn	1914
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth	380–470 light years
gptkbp:hasSubgroup	gptkb:Lower_Centaurus–Crux gptkb:Upper_Centaurus–Lupus gptkb:Upper_Scorpius
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Scorpius–Centaurus Association
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:notableFor	site of recent star formation contains many pre-main-sequence stars contains runaway stars nearest OB association to the Sun source of supernovae affecting the Local Bubble
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Gould_Belt
gptkbp:spectralType	OB
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Alpha_Scorpii
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6