Astronomy and Space

Alpha Scuti

Alpha Scuti, also named Tianbian, is an orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Scutum. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.83. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 16.38 mas as seen from the Earth, it is located around 199 light years from the Sun. It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +36.5 km/s.

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• ▸Chronology of the universe
• ▸1815 Philadelphia train accident
• ▸General relativity

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