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Antares, KiwiAstro

Antares

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Antares

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Antares is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest object in the constellation of Scorpius. Distinctly reddish when viewed with the naked eye, Antares is a slow irregular variable star that ranges in brightness from apparent magnitude +0.6 to +1.6.  It is also clearly visible in the Rho Ophiuchu nebula.

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