- Stars with a name
- Jabbah
Jabbah
ν Scorpii
Jabbah is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Scorpius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1552.
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 and July.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 4.00.
What it’s like
It gives off 462 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 9,300 degrees.
It is 474.1 light years away: 4485 trillion kilometres.