G Scorpii

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G Scorpii
Scorpius constellation map.svg
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Location of G Scorpii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Scorpius
Right ascension 17h 49m 51.48081s [1]
Declination −37° 02′ 35.8975″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)3.21 [2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage horizontal branch [3]
Spectral type K2 III [4]
U−B color index +1.19 [2]
B−V color index +1.17 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+24.7 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 40.59 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: 27.24 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)25.92 ± 0.15  mas [1]
Distance 125.8 ± 0.7  ly
(38.6 ± 0.2  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)+0.24 [6]
Details [3]
Mass 1.2±0.2  M☉
Radius 20±1  R☉
Luminosity 93±4  L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.2  cgs
Temperature 4,535±125  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.20 [7]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<1.0 [8]  km/s
Other designations
Fuyue, G Sco, γ Tel, FK5  669, HD  161892, HIP  87261, HR  6630, SAO  209318
Database references
SIMBAD data

G Scorpii (abbreviated G Sco), also named Fuyue, is a giant star in the constellation of Scorpius. It has an apparent magnitude of +3.19. It is approximately 126 light-years from the Sun.

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Nomenclature

G Scorpii below and right (ie. west) of NGC 6441 NGC 6441 HST 10775 R814B606.png
G Scorpii below and right (ie. west) of NGC 6441

G Scorpii is the star's Bayer designation. It was formerly situated in the constellation of Telescopium where it was designated γ Telescopii, Latinised to Gamma Telescopii. [9] It was resited in Scorpius and redesignated G Scorpii by Benjamin Apthorp Gould. On 30 June 2017 it was included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names. [10]

G Scorpii bore the traditional name Fuyue (simplified Chinese :傅说; traditional Chinese :傅說) in ancient China. Fu Yue was a former slave that became a high-ranking minister to Shang dynasty ruler Wu Ding.

G Scorpii also gained notoriety under the name Ryan Magee in December 2024, following its second mention on the popular comedy podcast Supermegashow. The podcast documented a Wikipedia edit war on this page, following host Matt Watson's 2020 attempt to rename G Scorpii after cohost Ryan Magee. The 2024 mention of the Wikipedia page sparked a second and stronger wave of attempts to rename the star.

Properties

G Scorpii is an orange K-type giant. The measured angular diameter is 3.94±0.21  mas . [11] At the estimated distance of this system, this yields a physical size of about 16 times the radius of the Sun. [12] Calculations based on its physical properties give a diameter of about 20 R☉. With an effective surface temperature of 4,535  K , it has a bolometric luminosity of 93  L☉. [3]

Evolutionary models show that G Scorpii has probably left the red giant branch and is now fusing helium in its core. This makes it a red clump star, at the cool end of the horizontal branch. [3]

Just 5 arcminutes to the east is the globular cluster NGC 6441. [13] At magnitude 3.2, G Scorpii is around 40 times brighter than the entire globular cluster.

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