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noun - the brightest star in Scorpius
A giant, red, double and variable star, the brightest in the constellation Scorpio, about 424 light-years from Earth.
ANTARES - Antares (), also designated Alpha Scorpii ( Scorpii, abbreviated Alpha Sco, Sco), is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and t...
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| This brightest star in Scorpius has a name meaning "rival of Mars" & is sometimes mistaken for the planet |
| The name of this bright red star in the constellation Scorpius denotes it as a rival of the Greek god of war |
| This red star is also known as Alpha Scorpii |
| The brightest star in Scorpius is named this, meaning "rival" of the god equivalent to Mars |
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Antares (), also designated Alpha Scorpii ( Scorpii, abbreviated Alpha Sco, Sco), is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. Distinctly reddish when viewed with the naked eye, Antares is a slow irregular variable star that ranges in brightness from apparent magnitude +0.6 to +1.6. Often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion", Antares is flanked by Sigma and Tau Scorpii in the centre of the constellation. * Classified as a red supergiant of spectral type M1.5Iab-Ib, Antares is the brightest, most massive, and most evolved stellar member of the nearest OB association (the ScorpiusCentaurus Association). Antares is a member of the Upper Scorpius subgroup of the ScorpiusCentaurus Association, which contains thousands of stars with mean age 11 million years at a distance of approximately 170 parsecs (550 ly). Its exact size remains uncertain, but if placed at the centre of the solar system it would reach to somewh |