Scorpio

Mythology:

The leyend says that one day while artemis was haunting the gigant orion suddenly apperead in the middle of the wood. Orion looked at her and found her beautiful and young so he tried to seduce her .But artemis was a caste deity so she asked a scorpion to help. The scorpion bitted the giant and he set artemis free so to reward thescorpion, artemis put it in the sky Just on the opposite side of the constellation Orion. This is the scorpion, who is represented in the sky of summer. Orion shines in the nights of winter and its brightness wanes when it arises the constellation Scorpius. That is why competition develops between Scorpio and Orion.

Since ancient times, were recognized 24 stars formed the figure of the scorpion and three others that were out of the design. The most important is the alpha Antares or "Heart of the Scorpion", because in the figure is found in the place of the heart of the animal. Antares is a super giant red 400 times larger than our own Sun, its spectral type is mixed, and lately it is said that this is a double with dwarf. The greatest of these is of type M0 of reddish color and low-temperature, and the small companion-type A3 green. Lesath is another star interesting. It is of the type B3, hotter than the previous one, and together with Shaula, form the sting of the scorpion

Stars:

Antarès (α Sco)

Shaula (λ Sco)

Sargas (θ Sco)

ε Sco

Dschubba (δ Sco)