- Stars with a name
- Paikauhale
Paikauhale
τ Scorpii
Paikauhale 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
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 2.82.
What it’s like
It gives off 1,370 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 13,500 degrees Celsius.
It is 474.1 light years away: 4485 trillion kilometres.