Staracle Certified Star Naming Entry

Margaret Gleason Phillips

Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.

The star has a magnitude of 7.38 mag and is at a distance of 776.6 light years. It is at coordinates -22.3803° (declination) and 16h 14m 53.32s (right ascension). Your star is in the constellation of Scorpius (Scorpion, read more on this constellation).

This star is named to:

It was named on:

November 16, 2012

It was named by:

Kati Bartle

Dedication:

Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.

Declination

-22.3803°

Right ascension

16h 14m 53.32s (243.72218°)

The magnitude (brightness) is measured on a logarithmic scale. Small numbers mean bright stars: A star with a brightness of 1 mag is 100 times brighter that an star with 6 mag.

Magnitude

7.38 mag

The distance is measured in light years (LY). A light year is the distance, that light travels within one year. 1 LJ is equal to about 5,878,630,000,000 miles.

Distance

776.6776.6 ly

Tycho-Identifier

6213:1946:1

HIP-Identifier

79621

Spectral type

B9V

Color index

0.08

Every star belongs to a constellation, and 12 of those constellations are part of the zodiac.

Constellation

Scorpius (Scorpion)

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