How to see it
25 Sco has a visual magnitude of about 6.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 25 Sco: right ascension 16h 46m 51s, declination −25° 31′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
Catalog context
25 Sco. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82140, HD 151179, Gaia DR3 6046673113599431552. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6046673113599431552
- HIP
- 82140
- HD
- 151179
- gaia_dr3
- 6046673113599431552
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 25 Sco
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.37