Brightest star of
constellation of Scorpio and sixteenth on a brightness on our nightly sky.
The name Antares got exactly
from the red color - in honour Марса which for ancient Greeks carried the name
of Ареса. The name of star means Анти-Арес, that into Russian language it is
possible to transfer as Немарс.
Antares there is a more Sun
approximately in 800 times.
If to place him into place of
our luminary, his external surface would be between the orbits of Mars and
Jupiter. In addition, Antares in 65 thousand one times is brighter than a Sun.
There is Antares in the
distance in 600 light years from the Planetary system.
