1. Amy Hoffmann

2.  Star in the constellation Scorpio  Greek for “Rival of Mars” or “Rival of Ares”  Antares is sometimes mistaken for Mars when they’re close because they’re both red  Mars and Antares actually conjunct every two years

4. OOne of the biggest stars ever known BBrightest star in the constellation Scorpio 116 th brightest star in the night sky OOne of the four brightest stars in the ecliptic

5.  Red supergiant with a surface temperature of about 3500 kelvins  Like other red supergiants, it lies in a red cloud, this one measuring 5 light years in diameter  Red cloud is made of metallic dust, not gas  Member of the M1 spectral class

6.  300 times the size of the sun  More than twice the diameter of Earth’s orbit  If placed in our solar system, it would cover all the inner planets and extend well into the asteroid belt

8.  604 light years away from earth

9.  Even though it’s bigger than the sun, it’s much cooler  Its size gives it its brightness; the bigger the star, the bigger amount of area it radiates light  3000 times the sun’s luminosity

11.  July through August  67 degrees south latitude  63 degrees north latitude

12.  Antares is close to the end of its lifetime  The implosion of a star 15-18 times bigger than the mass of our sun will cause a huge supernova explosion  This will ultimately leave either a tiny neutron star, or a black hole  Scientists don’t have an exact death date, but, when in fact it comes, people will be able to watch this star death without being at risk

13. http://video.answers.com/supernova-and- death-of-a-star-516907872

14.  In Greek mythology, Antares was known as the anti-Mars  It was considered to be Mars’ rival  Known better in ancient times as “The Heart of the Scorpion”

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