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Upper Scorpius

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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

star in the constellation Scorpius

variable star in the constellation Scorpius

1RXS J160929.1−210524

Variable star in the constellation Scorpius

binary star in the constellation Scorpius

star in the constellation Ophiuchus

Omicron Scorpii

star in the constellation Lupus

Omega¹ Scorpii

variable star in the constellation Ophiuchus

Oph 162225-240515

a young, pre-main-sequence star about 5 million years old, of spectral type M1, located in the Upper Scorpius sub-group of the Scorpius–Centaurus Association

Omega² Scorpii

K2-33 is an extremely young pre-main-sequence star located about away from the Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. It is known to host one planet, a super-Neptune, named K2-33b. It is also notable for its young age.

binary star system

star in the constellation Scorpius