paxtonscorpius

Scorpius​ ​ The dark tower in Scorpius m7 a open star cluster

m6 loose star cluster aka the butterfly cluster

gloular cluster with m80

Deep sky object of Antares

Starcluster of Scorpius

 The Classification of Stars Antares-m,red under 3,500k Graffies-B,blue 11,000-25,000k Dshubba-B,blue 11,000-25,000k Sargas-F,blue to white-6,000-7,500k Shaula-B,blue-11,000-25,000k Jabbah-B,blue-11,000-25,000k Grafius-F,blue to white-6,000-7,500k Alniyat-B,blue-11,000-25,000k Alniyat-B,blue-11,000-25,000k Lesath-B,blue-11,000-25,000k

Mythology

To the Ancient greeks, the constellation Scorpius was the image of the Scorpian. The constellation Scorpius was related to the death of the hunter Orion. To this day Scorpius is always chasing Orion in the night sky. Scorpius resembles its given name. If you live in the Northern hemisphere of the earth you can see Scorpius crawl across the Southern sky, it is close to the horizon. if you live in the Southern hemisphere it passes through the high sky. One of the larges stars in the sky is Scorpius, it is also the brightest. Scorpius is held in Greek mythology as the slayer Orion. Scorpius is one of the oldest constellations known. While the sun still traverses Scorpius, it only takes nine days to do so. ​