Star
18 Scorpii
18 Scorpii is a yellow star 45.3 light-years away, seen as it was 45 years ago.
A near twin of the Sun, a little younger, and bright enough to see without a telescope from a dark site.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 45.3 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 5.49
- Spectral type
- G1V
- Catalogue
- HIP 79672
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.