Blue-white subgiant · Scorpius

Pipirima

Also known as: μ² Scorpii (μ² Sco), HIP 82545

mag 3.6470 light-years

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Pipirima (μ² Scorpii) is a blue-white subgiant of magnitude 3.6 in Scorpius, about 470 light-years away.

Pipirima is in the constellation Scorpius.
Best evenings: around mid-July it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 42° N.

When it rises and sets tonight, how high it climbs and how much the Moon gets in the way are worked out in your browser for your place.

EyesVisible from the suburbs on a clear night, but lost in bright city skies.
Binoculars (10×50)A sharp point; binoculars bring out its colour and the fainter stars around it.
Telescope (6–8 inch)Still a point of light at any magnification — stars are too far away to show a disc. Low in the sky, bright stars twinkle and flash colours.

Stars look the same in any instrument: brighter and sharper, but never bigger.

Proper name	Pipirima
Designation	μ² Scorpii (μ² Sco)
Hipparcos number	HIP 82545
Type	Blue-white subgiant
Spectral type	B2IV
Colour	Blue-whiteB−V colour index −0.21
Magnitude	3.6The smaller the number, the brighter.
Distance	470 light-yearsThe light you see left it around 1550.
Proper motion	0.027″ per year across the sky
Constellation	Scorpius
Right ascension (J2000)	16h 52m 20.1s
Declination (J2000)	−38° 01′ 03″