Its story
27 Sco has a visual magnitude of about 4.79: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 27 Sco: right ascension 16h 57m 11s, declination −33° 15′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Scorpius constellation (IAU figure Sco).
27 Sco. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 82960, HD 152820, Gaia DR3 6026503569318918400. In the SkyKeepsake Scorpius (Sco) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 82960
- Right ascension
- 16h 57m 11s
- Declination
- −33° 15′ 34″
- Magnitude
- 4.79
- Distance
- ≈ 623 ly
Data: gaia-dr3