Below are the subjects in Scorpio that I wish to view:-
The Main Stars:
Alpha Scorpii (SCO) - Antares. A red super-giant, and a famed double star for observers. I have previously split this double only with a SCT, or with a green filter or when the Moon has occutled Antares.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares
Beta Sco - Acrab. A fine binary and an extraordinary multiple-star system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Scorpii
G Sco - Fuyue. There is no Gamma Sco, as this star was once Gamma Telescopium and has been redesignated to Scorpio. I can not quite follow the narrative as to why it is only called G, and not Gamma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_Scorpii
Delta Sco - Dschubba. This star has varied in brightness over the years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Scorpii
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astro...ter-than-ever/
Epsilon Sco - Larawag. An orange giant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Scorpii
Objects of interest.
Xi Sco - Triple star. Normally seen a Mag 4 & 7 stars with a separation of 7.6 arc seconds. However, the brighter star is a binary with roughly equally bright components. They have a period of 46 years and are now approaching the widest part of their orbit. (Burnham's Handbook has a good diagram of the orbit).
http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/xisco.html
NGC 6153 Planetary Nebula
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1525a/
NGC 6139 Globular.
http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/hu...139-06131.html
NGC 6388 Globular
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1221a/
U Sco - Recurrent Nova; due to recur again anytime between now and another 4 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpius
Messier objects in Scorpio. M4, M6,M7 & M80
Caldwell Objects in Scorpio. 69, 75 & 76.