Arabic star names / Shaula
Shaula
الشولة
Shaula comes from the Arabic الشولة (al-Shawla), which means “the raised tail”. It is the 26th-brightest star in the sky, in Scorpius.
- Brightness
- 1.62
- Colour
- blue-white
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Best seen
- July evenings
- Right ascension
- 17h 34m
- Declination
- −37° 06′
The name
The sting at the end of the scorpion's curled tail, raised to strike.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 53°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 28° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 1° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 87° above the horizon.
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