- Stars with a name
- Fang
Fang
π Scorpii
Fang is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Scorpius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1440.
Where to find it
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 2.89.
What it’s like
It gives off 1,961 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 13,100 degrees.
It is 585.6 light years away: 5540 trillion kilometres.