Escorpio

Also known as Sco, Scorpii, Scorpio

constelación

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Scorpius is a constellation in the Southern sky located near the center of the Milky Way, positioned between the constellations Libra and Sagittarius. It is an ancient constellation recognized since before Greek times and was formally catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century as one of 48 official constellations.

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Key facts

Constellation.name: Scorpius
Constellation.abbreviation: Sco
Constellation.genitive: Scorpii
Constellation.pronounce: , genitive
Constellation.symbolism: the Scorpion
Constellation.family: Zodiac
Constellation.quadrant: SQ3
Constellation.areatotal: 497
Constellation.arearank: 33rd
Constellation.numbermainstars: 18
Constellation.numberbfstars: 47
Constellation.numberbrightstars: 13
Constellation.numbernearbystars: 3
Constellation.brighteststarname: Antares (α Sco)
Constellation.starmagnitude: 0.96
Constellation.neareststarname: Gliese 682
Constellation.stardistancely: 16.33
Constellation.stardistancepc: 5.01

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: zodiacal constellation
Part of: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Named after: scorpion
Official name: Scorpius
Area: 497
Shares border with: Corona Australis
Image: ScorpiusCC.jpg

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described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
notation: ♏
Commons category: Scorpius (constellation)
topic's main category: Category:Scorpius
Commons gallery: Scorpius
partially coincident with: Scorpio
short name: Sco
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Article · Español

Escorpio (el escorpión) es una de las 88 constelaciones modernas. Antiguamente esta constelación se representaba unida a la que hoy se conoce como Libra (que no existía, se cree que fueron los romanos quienes primero la imaginaron). Las estrellas que hoy se conocen como alfa y beta Librae representaban las pinzas sur y norte del escorpión, lo que les dio su nombre actual: alfa Librae es Zubenelgenubi (pinza del sur) y beta Librae es Zubeneschamali (pinza del norte). Representado de esta forma, el escorpión colgaba apacible.

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