Topic - Antares
Subscribe to this topic via RSS or ATOMAntares, also designated Alpha Scorpii (α Scorpii, abbreviated Alpha Sco, α Sco), is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. Distinctly reddish when viewed with the unaided eye, Antares is a slow irregular variable star that ranges in brightness from apparent magnitude to +0.6 to +1.6. Often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion", Antares is flanked by Sigma and Tau Scorpii in the centre of the constellation. - Source: Wikipedia