天蝎座

Also known as Sco, Scorpii, Scorpio

星座

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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 · 中文

天蠍座（拉丁語：Scorpius，天文符号：♏），是一个位于南天球的黄道带星座之一，面积496.78平方度，占全天面积的1.204%，在全天88个星座中，面积排行第三十三。每年6月3日子夜天蝎座中心经过上中天。天蝎座中亮于5.5等的恒星有62颗，最亮星为心宿二（天蝎座α），视星等为0.96，是全天第十五亮星，屬於夏季星座。

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