Scorpius

Scorpius is a zodiac constellation located in the Southern celestial hemisphere, where it sits near the center of the Milky Way, between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east. Scorpius is an ancient constellation whose recognition predates Greek culture; it is one of the 48 constellations identified by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century.

Antares is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. It has the Bayer 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 the center of the constellation. Distinctly reddish when viewed with the naked eye, Antares is a slow irregular variable star that ranges in brightness from an apparent visual magnitude of +0.6 down to +1.6. It is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky. Antares is the brightest and most evolved stellar member of the Scorpius–Centaurus ass

Globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius. Closest globular cluster.

Open cluster

Open cluster in the constellation Scorpius

globular star cluster

planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius

emission nebula in the constellation Scorpius

supernova remnant

open cluster in the constellation Scorpius

open cluster in the constellation Scorpius

star system in the constellation Scorpius

triple star system

star in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpius

OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb (known sometimes as Hoth by NASA) is a super-Earth ice exoplanet orbiting OGLE-2005-BLG-390L, a star from Earth near the center of the Milky Way, making it one of the most distant planets known. On January 25, 2006, Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork/Robotic Telescope Network (PLANET/Robonet), Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE), and Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) made a joint announcement of the discovery. The planet does not appear to meet conditions presumed necessary to support life.

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extrasolar planet

WASP-17b, officially named Ditsö̀, is an exoplanet in the constellation Scorpius that is orbiting the star WASP-17. Its discovery was announced on 11 August 2009. It is the first planet discovered to have a retrograde orbit, meaning it orbits in a direction counter to the rotation of its host star. This discovery challenged traditional planetary formation theory. In terms of diameter, WASP-17b is one of the largest exoplanets discovered and at half Jupiter's mass, this made it the most puffy planet known in 2010. On 3 December 2013, scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope reported d

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open cluster in Scorpius

open cluster in Scorpius

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planetary nebula

globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius

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planetary nebula

globular cluster in Scorpius

open cluster in Scorpius

globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius

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star in the constellation Scorpius

star in the constellation Scorpius

planetary nebula

star in the constellation Scorpius

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star in the constellation Scorpius

extrasolar planet

variable star in the constellation Scorpius

emission nebula in the constellation Scorpius

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star cluster in the constellation Scorpius

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WASP-17, also named Dìwö, is an F-type main sequence star approximately 1,310 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. It hosts the planet WASP-17b.

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Blue Horsehead Nebula

red dwarf star in the constellation Scorpio

Variable star in the constellation Scorpius

star in the constellation Scorpius

red supergiant star in the constellation Scorpius

binary star in the constellation Scorpius

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