Scorpius Sco
Scorpius is one of the 88 constellations, covering 498 square degrees of the sky (33rd largest). It is highest at midnight in June and best in the evening sky in July and August.
25 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Sco |
|---|---|
| Size | 498 square degrees (33rd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 16h 45m, −32° |
| Highest at midnight | June (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: July and August) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 38° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 8°. |
| Pages here | 25 objects |
Nebulae
5Star clusters
4Planetary systems
2Stars
14Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6231 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 2.6 | 13.8′ |
| M7 · NGC 6475 (Ptolemy's Cluster) | Open star cluster | 3.3 | 22.2′ |
| IC 4592 (on the map) | Reflection nebula | 3.9 | 60′ |
| M6 · NGC 6405 (Butterfly Cluster) | Open star cluster | 4.2 | 15.6′ |
| IC 4605 (on the map) | Nebula | 4.7 | 30′ |
| NGC 6281 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 5.4 | 10.2′ |
| M4 · NGC 6121 | Globular star cluster | 5.4 | 28.2′ |
| NGC 6374 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 5.5 | 6.9′ |
| NGC 6124 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 5.8 | 13.5′ |
| NGC 6322 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 6 | 6.3′ |
| NGC 6242 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 6.4 | 6.6′ |
| NGC 6178 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.2 | 6.9′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits