Antares

Red supergiant heart of Scorpius, rivaling Mars in color on summer evenings. A hot companion sits beside it, though glare often hides that neighbor.

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Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 80763
Distance
169.78 pc · 553.7 ly
Parallax
5.89 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
0.98
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
247.35° · -26.43°