Shaula (HIP 85927)
Shaula is a blue subgiant star in the constellation Scorpius. At 559 light years away, it is the 26th brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 1.62. Shaula is the primary component of a multiple-star system and an intrinsic variable star that varies between magntitudes 1.5 and 1.56 over a period of 5.04 hours. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 26.2 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 18,800 and 23,700 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 17h 33.6m, Dec -37° 6'
