Star
Acrab
β1 Scorpii · HIP 78820 · Blue-white main-sequence star
True colour from its B–V index (-0.07) — a surface around 11,100 K.
Distance
404 light-years
Spectral type
B0.5V
Brightness
mag 2.56
Absolute mag
-2.91
Luminosity
1,266 × Sun
Surface
~11,100 K
Right ascension
16h 05m 26s
Declination
−19° 48′
- Acrab is a blue-white main-sequence star in Scorpius.
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Distances and spectral types: HYG Database (Hipparcos parallaxes), CC BY-SA 4.0.