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Antares (α Scorpii α Sco Alpha Scorpii) is a red supergiant star in the Milky Way Galaxy and the sixteenth brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is sometimes listed as 15th brightest depending on how the two brighter components of the Capella quadruple star system are counted.

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