Star
Shaula
Shaula is a blue-white star 571 light-years away, seen as it was 571 years ago, shining 6 009 times as bright as the Sun.
The star in the tail of Scorpius, whose name means 'the raised [tail]'. Its three stars share an orbital plane, strongly suggesting they formed together.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 571 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 1.62
- Spectral type
- B1.5IV+
- Catalogue
- HIP 85927
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.