Fuyue

HR 6630 · HIP 87261 · G Sco

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 3.21 mag
Parallax: 25.92 mas → about 125.8 light-years away
Spectral type: K0/K1III
Right ascension: 267.4645°
Declination: -37.0433°
Designation: HR 6630
Bayer designation: G Sco
HIP number: 87261
IAU name adopted: 2017-06-30
Name language: Chinese
Name origin (IAU): traditional Chinese single star asterism: a legendary wise minister of the Yin or Shang dynasty, 18th century BCE. According to Rufus and Tien (1945), sometimes called the invocator (regarding faults). Sun and Kistemaker (1997) quote Sima Qian that Fu Yue was a chancellor of Emperor Wu Ding of the Yin dynasty but they admit that the could also represent a shaman in the royal harem helping to produce sons. The ancient star name is typically identified with the bright star G Sco.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 126 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1900 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3.2 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination -37° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.