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Scorpius
The Scorpion
OriginAncient
AbbreviationSco
GenitiveScorpii
Pronunciation/ˈskɔːrpiəs/ genitive /ˈskɔːrpiaɪ/
SCOR-pee-us
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary StarAntares (α Scorpii)
Right Ascention 16h 29m Declination -26° 26'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.474h (28.4m)
Scorpius is the scorpion sent by Hera to kill Orion, the hunter who boasted that there was no beast that could kill him. The scorpion was crushed by Orion, but not before delivering a fatal sting. Hera placed the scorpion in the night sky as the constellation Scorpius.
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Scorpius as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
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