If Earth were a penny, Antares would be the length of a basketball court!
We noticed a bright twinkling red star around 10:15 pm GMT-4 about 20° (complete estimate) above the horizon to the SE as seen from east coast USA. I googled it and matched up the rest of Scorpio that was visible, and thought I'd share some cool facts about Antares :)
https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/meet-antares-the-star-that-is-not-mars/Open linkView original on beehaw.org
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