Nu Scorpii

Jabbah ( from Arabic الجبهة, DMG al - ǧabha, forehead ' ) is the name of the star ν Scorpii ( Ny Scorpii ). Jabbah is 437 light years away from Earth. An alternative name is Lesath.

Jabbah is already resolvable with binoculars binary star consisting of a 4.0 likes bright star of spectral B2 and a 6.7 likes bright star of spectral type B9. The angular distance between two stars is 41.1 " and the position angle of the fainter component with respect to the main star has a value of 337 degrees. In a telescope from about 6 cm opening width can be seen that the fainter companion at an angular distance of 2.7 " at a position angle of 55 degrees has a B9 star as a companion. So Jabbah is a system of three stars. Jabbah can ( very rare! ) As ekliptiknaher star from the moon and planets are covered. Mercury covered Jabbah last on December 14, 1821 and Jabbah will not cover again before 2 December 2031. The last eclipse of Jabbah by Venus took place on December 27, 1852, the next will not be returned on December 30, 2095. On July 29, 1808 covered Neptune Jabbah.

Coordinates ( equinox 2000.0 )

• Right Ascension: 16h11m59.70s
• Declination: -19 ° 27'38 .0 "