1. Forum
  2. HobbyNet
  3. HNET SPACE

  • Stargazing News - July 18th, 2025

    From CJ@954:100/61 to All on Thursday, July 17, 2025 06:18:52
    Friday July 18, 2025

    The Stinging Scorpion (evening)

    After dusk in mid-July, the distinctive constellation of Scorpius, the
    Scorpion reaches its peak elevation over the southern horizon. The constellation's brightest star is orange-tinted Antares, the "Rival of Mars". Several medium-bright, white stars arranged in a roughly vertical line to the west of Antares mark the creature's claws on modern sky charts; however, the major stars of neighboring Libra used to perform that role. The rest of the scorpion extends to the south and curls to the left (celestial eastward) into the Milky Way, terminating with the bright double star Shaula, which marks its poisonous stinger. Observers at high mid-northern latitudes might not be able to see the southernmost stars of the constellation.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
    --- SBBSecho 3.23-Linux
    * Origin: CJ's Place, Orange City FL > cjsplace.thruhere.net (954:100/61)