Antares color

Antares, also known as Alpha Scorpii is a very luminous supergiant star located in the constellation of Scorpius, The Scorpion.

Antares is a major star and forms part of the constellation. Antares is the traditional/proper name for the star, whilst Alpha Scorpii is the Bayer Designation for the star.

Antares temperature

Typically, the brightest star in the constellation is classified as Alpha. A list of additional names and identifications is in the facts list at the bottom of the page.

Based on the spectral type (M1Ib + B2.5V), Antares's colour is red, which means that the star is one of the colder stars in the Universe, colder than our star.

Antares is the brightest star in Scorpius and the 15th in the night sky based on the Hipparcos 2007 apparent magnitude.

Antares is a naked eye star and can be seen on a clear night without binoculars or a telescope.

Antares is a slow irregular variable star. Variable stars are stars whose size and/or brightness changes over time.

More details about this star is below.

There are no known exoplanets in orbit aro

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