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HIP 81266; Tau Sco; 23 Sco

HIP 81266; Tau Sco; 23 Sco Star Scorpius (Sco) Visible Level 1 Naked eye / Binoculars
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Physical Properties

Magnitude 2.82
Spectral Type B0IV
Star Color Blue (B-V -0.25)
Distance 447 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 16h 35m 53.0s
Dec -28° 12' 58.0"
Constellation Scorpius (Sco)
HR 6165
HIP 81266
Bayer Tau
Flamsteed 23 Sco

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Stellar Notes

Color excess E(B-V) = +0.06.
Sco OB2; Sco-Cen cluster; Sco-Cen assoc.; upper Sco region. Faint HII region surrounds star. Member of Pleiades group.
Spectra indicate high velocity stellar wind. Lyman beta observed from COPERNICUS. High resolution UV spectrum | obtained from COPERNICUS. Large amount of atomic hydrogen, but only small amount of molecular hydrogen in line of sight.
See HR 6084.

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