Scorpius is one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac. Antares, the star that marks the heart of the scorpion, is the 15th brightest star in the sky. If we were to travel to Antares and see it, we would see that it is around 500 times the size of our sun and 10,00 times brighter!!!! It is so big that it could fill the orbit of Mars. Antares rivals Mars for brightness. M7, and open cluster in the scorpion’s tail, is one of the finest clusters in the sky. The stars in the cluster form an x shape in the star’s central region. If you were to see the whole constellation of scorpius, you would have to be roughly in a line joining Boston, Buffalo, and Milwaukee! M4, another globular cluster, is one of the closest clusters to us. M4 is right aobe the star, Antares. M4 is only 7,000 light-years away from us. The scorpion’s “claws” are made up of a double star called Beta Scorpi or Graffias. The closest stars is 530 light-years away, half the distance of the further one. The brightest x-ray source called Scorpius X-1, near Beta Scorpi, is thought to be a neutron star. Myths tell us that hunter , Orion, tried to ravish the god, Artemis, and she or her brother sent a scorpion to kill Orion. Another version tells us that Orion claimed he could kill anything, so the goddess, Gaea, sent the scorpion to kill him. Around 5,000 years, scorpius was twice the size it is today.