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Xi Sco

Xi Sco is a star in the constellation Scorpius 79.4 ly from Earth. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 79 years ago.

79.4 lybrightness mag 5.00F6 IV-V

Also catalogued as HR 5977 · HD 144069 · Gliese GJ 9540B

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temperature

5.00

apparent magnitude

5.16× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6 IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

79 years

at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

5.16×

the Sun's light output

3.07

absolute magnitude

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Xi Scostar

Sky regionScorpiusthis direction

StarGraffias0.00047 ly

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Scorpius

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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Scorpius

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.