• Bayer designation c Scorpii is shared by two star systems in the constellation Scorpius: c1 Scorpii (12 Scorpii) c2 Scorpii (13 Scorpii) This set index...
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    Nu ScorpiiScorpii, abbreviated Nu Sco, ν Sco) is a multiple star system in the constellation of Scorpius. It is most likely a septuple star system...
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    Antares (redirect from Alpha Scorpii)
    designation α Scorpii, which is Latinised to Alpha Scorpii. Often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion", Antares is flanked by σ Scorpii and τ Scorpii near...
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    Delta Scorpii (Latinised from δ Scorpii, abbreviated Delta Sco, δ Sco) is a binary star (the presence of a third star in the system is being debated)...
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    consisting of λ Scorpii, ε Scorpii, ζ1 Scorpii, ζ2 Scorpii, η Scorpii, θ Scorpii, ι1 Scorpii, ι2 Scorpii, κ Scorpii, μ1 Scorpii, and υ Scorpii. Consequently...
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    Beta ScorpiiScorpii, abbreviated Beta Sco, β Sco) is a multiple star system in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpius. It bore the traditional...
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    Sigma Scorpii (or σ Scorpii, abbreviated Sigma Sco or σ Sco), is a multiple star system in the constellation of Scorpius, located near the red supergiant...
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    G Scorpii (abbreviated G Sco), also named Fuyue, is a giant star in the constellation of Scorpius. It has an apparent magnitude of +3.19. It is approximately...
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    Zeta1 Scorpii (Zeta1 Sco, ζ1 Scorpii, ζ1 Sco) is a B-type hypergiant star in the constellation of Scorpius. It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies...
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    Scorpii, Epsilon Scorpii, Zeta1 Scorpii and Zeta2 Scorpii, Eta Scorpii, Iota1 Scorpii and Iota2 Scorpii, Kappa Scorpii, Lambda Scorpii, Mu1 Scorpii and...
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    18 Scorpii is a solitary star located at a distance of some 46.1 light-years (14.13 parsecs) from the Sun at the northern edge of the Scorpius constellation...
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    Scorpius (redirect from Scorpii)
    second brightest star in Scorpius. U Scorpii is the fastest known nova, with a period of about 10 years. AH Scorpii is a red supergiant star and one of...
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    V1280 Scorpii (or Nova Scorpii 2007 Number 1) is the first of two novae that occurred in the constellation Scorpius during February 2007 (the second nova...
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    Scorpii, Epsilon Scorpii, Zeta1 Scorpii and Zeta2 Scorpii, Eta Scorpii, Theta Scorpii, Iota1 Scorpii and Iota2 Scorpii, Kappa Scorpii, Lambda Scorpii...
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    exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Gliese 667 C, which is a member of the Gliese 667 triple star system, approximately 23...
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    Tau Scorpii, Latinized from τ Scorpii, formally known as Paikauhale /ˌpaɪkaʊˈhɑːleɪ/, is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpius. The...
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  • 148478 80763 16h 29m 24.47s −26° 25′ 55.0″ 0.91 −5.24 553 M1.5Iab-b Cor Scorpii, Qalb al-Aqrab, Vespertilo; 16th brightest star; binary; semiregular variable...
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  • V1309 Scorpii (also known as V1309 Sco) is a contact binary that merged into a single star in 2008 in a process known as a luminous red nova. It was the...
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    Gliese 667 (redirect from 142 G. Scorpii)
    Gliese 667 (142 G. Scorpii) is a triple-star system in the constellation Scorpius lying at a distance of about 7.2 parsecs (23 light-years) from Earth...
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  • AH Scorpii (abbreviated to AH Sco) is a red supergiant variable star located in the constellation Scorpius. It is one of the largest stars known by radius...
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    ζ1 Scorpii and ζ2 Scorpii, η Scorpii, θ Scorpii, ι1 Scorpii and ι2 Scorpii, λ Scorpii and υ Scorpii. Consequently, the Chinese name for κ Scorpii itself...
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  • Scorpius X-1 (redirect from V818 Scorpii)
    varies day-to-day, and is associated with an optically visible star, V818 Scorpii, that has an apparent magnitude which fluctuates between 12-13. The possible...
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    Mu2 Scorpii (μ2 Scorpii, abbreviated Mu2 Sco, μ2 Sco), also named Pipirima /pɪˈpɪrɪmə/, is a star in the zodiac constellation of Scorpius. It has an apparent...
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    Comet ISON (redirect from Comet C/2012 S1)
    coronograph. On 27 November ISON brightened to magnitude −2 and passed Delta Scorpii. Around the time it reached perihelion on 28 November 2013, it might have...
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    Sigma Librae (redirect from Gamma Scorpii)
    current Bayer designation (the star originally bore the designation Gamma Scorpii and did not receive its current designation until the new designation was...
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  • ω2 Scorpii, Latinised as Omega2 Scorpii, is a suspected variable star in the zodiac constellation of Scorpius. A component of the visual double star ω...
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    constellations have uppercase letter designations, like B Centauri and G Scorpii. These letters were assigned by later astronomers, notably Lacaille in...
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    Zeta2 Scorpii (Zeta2 Sco, ζ2 Scorpii, ζ2 Sco) is a K-type orange giant star in the constellation of Scorpius. It has an apparent visual magnitude which...
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    the ecliptic, visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) and Lambda Scorpii. Sagittarius A*is a bright and very compact astronomical radio source....
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    also as an X-ray pulsar. In 2016, a white dwarf in the binary system AR Scorpii was identified as a pulsar (it is often mistakenly called the first discovered...
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