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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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4 Scorpii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:48 | Tran: 21:13 | Set: 0:38
Alt: -35.21°   Az: 89.16°   Direction: East

4 Scorpii is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Scorpius.

4 Scorpii visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its faintness, 4 Scorpii is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 4 Scorpii star
DSS2 image of 4 Scorpii. The red arrow shows the motion of 4 Scorpii during the next 10000 years (-7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 57m 03s
-26° 20’ 20”
16h 22m 53s
08h 19m 56s

J2000

15h 55m 30s
-26° 15’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

346.52°
20.64°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.62
Main-sequence

0.01
A3V
8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Scorpii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 4 Scorpii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

4 Scorpii is distant 431.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

132.45
431.79
-29 km/s
-0.045 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183931
SAO183931

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 4 Scorpii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.3°
Max altitude: 12.2°
Azimuth: 243.7°