- Stars with a name
- Acrab B
Acrab B
β² Scorpii
Acrab B is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Scorpius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1628.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in June.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 4.90.
What it’s like
It gives off 142 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 10,400 degrees.
It is 398.2 light years away: 3768 trillion kilometres.