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AR Scorpii

double star in Scorpius
Place Binary Star Q26209434

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
binary star, near-infrared source, variable star[2][3]
More facts +12
Apparent magnitude
14.8 (11.7–15, n=9)[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Catalog code
UCAC4 336-082331, AR Sco, 2MASS J16214728-2253102, Gaia DR2 6050296829033196032, EPIC 204298485, CRTS J162147.3-225310, TIC 50098516, Gaia DR3 6050296829033196032[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Constellation
Scorpius[4]
Declination
-22.88621824697
Declination component of proper motion
-51.489
Distance from Earth
117.045
Epoch
J2000.0
Parallax
8.5437
Right ascension
245.44701332769
Right ascension component of proper motion
9.69
Spectral class
M5+WD?[5]
Time of discovery or invention
1971[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en AR Scorpii ja さそり座AR星 ru AR Скорпиона zh 天蠍座AR
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
This artist’s impression shows the strange object AR Scorpii.jpg ↗
Gaia ID
6050296829033196032
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11c0xsys55
SIMBAD ID
V* AR Sco

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
binary star, variable star
Constellation 1
Scorpius
Epoch 1
J2000.0
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Summary

AR Scorpii is a binary star[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . A radio-pulsing white dwarf binary star. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Fourth USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Fourth USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Fourth USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Fourth USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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