Sargas is a yellow-white giant deep in the curl of the Scorpion’s tail, a powerful star low in the southern sky for northern observers.
At a glance
| type | yellow-white giant (class F) |
|---|---|
| distance from the Sun | 300 light-years (92.1 pc) |
| its light left it | 300 years ago |
| luminosity | 1,350 × the Sun |
| radius | 23.8 × the Sun |
| surface temperature | 7,170 K |
| constellation | Scorpius (Scorpion) |
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About Sargas
Sargas, Theta Scorpii, is a giant of class F, a star that has left its main life and expanded, its surface a little hotter than the Sun’s and its output far greater.
It sits at the bottom of the tail’s curve, where the Scorpion turns up towards the sting. From middle northern latitudes it barely clears the horizon, but from the southern hemisphere it rides high in the winter sky.
What you see in the piece
Its pale yellow-white colour in the piece sits between the blue of the Scorpion’s head and the red of Antares.
Questions
How far away is Sargas?
Sargas is 300 light-years (92.1 pc) from the Sun.