Arabic star names / Antares
Antares
قلب العقرب
Antares comes from the Arabic قلب العقرب (Qalb al-ʿAqrab), which means “the heart of the scorpion”. It is the 16th-brightest star in the sky, in Scorpius.
- Brightness
- 1.06
- Colour
- red-orange
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Best seen
- July evenings
- Right ascension
- 16h 29m
- Declination
- −26° 26′
The name
A red supergiant glowing at the heart of Scorpius, unmistakable on summer nights over Arabia.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 64°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 39° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 12° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 83° above the horizon.
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