Want this question answered?
Antares is approximately 600 light years from the Sun
A binary system is a term referring to two objects (usually stars, but also planets, galaxies or asteroids) whose gravitational interaction causes them to orbit about a common centre of mass.Antares has a companion star (or binary star) called Antares B which is at a distance of approximately 550 AU from Antares A. (Neptune for comparison is only 30 AU from the Sun). This "companion" takes around 878 years to orbit Antares A.
The star Antares is approximately 600 light years away from our solar system. See the related link for more information.
Antares is a red super giant. It is approximately 800 times larger than our Sun. If our Sun was replaced by Antares, it would reach out beyond the orbit of Mars. Around 512 million Suns could fit inside Antares. See link for a pictorial representation
Antares is visible in the summer evening sky(now - 8/24/09). If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, look to the south around 9:00pm - 10:00pm and you will see bright, reddish Antares, approximately 30 degrees above the horizon.
Antares is approximately 600 light years from the Sun
Antares has a radius (not raduis) equivalent to approximately 883 solar radii.
A binary system is a term referring to two objects (usually stars, but also planets, galaxies or asteroids) whose gravitational interaction causes them to orbit about a common centre of mass.Antares has a companion star (or binary star) called Antares B which is at a distance of approximately 550 AU from Antares A. (Neptune for comparison is only 30 AU from the Sun). This "companion" takes around 878 years to orbit Antares A.
The star Antares is approximately 600 light years away from our solar system. See the related link for more information.
Antares is a red super giant. It is approximately 800 times larger than our Sun. If our Sun was replaced by Antares, it would reach out beyond the orbit of Mars. Around 512 million Suns could fit inside Antares. See link for a pictorial representation
Antares is visible in the summer evening sky(now - 8/24/09). If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, look to the south around 9:00pm - 10:00pm and you will see bright, reddish Antares, approximately 30 degrees above the horizon.
Antares
Antares Davis's birth name is Antares June Davis.
Antares is in the constellation Scorpio.
polaris
Antares has a spectral class of M1LB.
antares is one of the biggest star known.