Antares [alSco], ability to defeat enemies with honor

Antares [Alfa Scorpii, alSco, α Sco] is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpio, with an apparent magnitude of +1,09. It is a red supergiant situated at approximately 550 light years from Earth. Its luminosity is 10 000 times greater than the sun. Due to its low surface temperature (3600 K), emits quite a lot in the infrared band.

It has a radius 645 times higher than the Sun. If it were located in the center of our solar system, its surface would extend beyond Mars and the asteroid belt (3.4 UA). Its colossal size in comparison with its mass, gives as a result a very low density. In its surface blows a stellar wind that makes the star be wrapped in a cloud of gas.

Size comparison between Antares, Arturo and the Sun.

In 1819, during a lunar occultation, was discovered its companion (although its existence was not confirmed until 1846), a white-blue star, located at 550 UA, wich orbits every 2500 years.

Due to its nearness to the ecliptic, Antares can be occulted by the Moon, (the last occultation occurred on 31 July 2009) and very rarely by Venus (the last occultation occurred in the year 525 BC).

Antares has a declination of -26º and is located at 9º Sagittarius (-5º of celestial latitude).

The name Antares derives from Antar (Antarah ibn Shaddad), the warrior-hero celebrated in the pre-Islamic poems Mu'allagat. There, the courage, heroism and the ethic code of the chivalrous are emphasized. Antares it is also known in Arabic as Kalb to Akrab 'the Heart of Scorpion'. In Persia was called Dharind, 'the one that grabs'.

"The Lucky One" (2011)

Antares is a star that reminds the quality of the planets Mars, Saturn and Neptune. It gives the ability to defeat enemies with honor, respecting the ethics code, like Luck at the end of the movie "Star Wars VI - The Return of the Jedi" (1983) or Daniel-Miyagui at the end of the movie "Karate Kid" (1984).

"Dragon Quest (Fly)" (1989) [Catalan dubbing]

Ralph Macchio, actor of the movie "Karate Kid" (1984), has Antares in Sagittarius in the Crossing Point of the Age Progressions (Signs Horoscope and Moon-Node Horoscope), also in square with Pluto in Virgo.

Zac Efron, actor of the Movie "The Lucky One" (2011), has Antares in Sagittarius in square with the Moon in Virgo, also in semisextile with Pluto-Venus in Scorpio.

Denzel Washington, actor of the movie "Unstoppable" (2010), has Antares in Sagittarius in sextile with the Moon in Aquarius.