I am a walk-in and believe I may have come from Antares; or have at least been associated with Antares. I "walked-in" in July, 1984, and in 1985 a part of my consciousness was pulled away while I had company. My friends thought that I was just lost in thought, but I clearly remember going to a space ship and meeting some "people" not quite human. I don't remember all that was said and done but I do remember clearly being told that they had found away to communicate with me.
I am one of those people who has had strange experiences most of my life. I would like to know if anyone on this site knows anything about Antares.
Zilvergirl
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My family has given me fits for 30 years, but we have finally gotten close again. Most people are afraid to have old ideas challenged. People have been assured that we already know about all "that stuff". For my family, it was the religious aspects of what I said had happened to me that they could not accept. They still believe that ETs and dinosaur fossils were created by the devil to confuse us--yes, really.
Are you still being visited?
Antares
The position of Antares in the Scorpius constellation.
Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Dec.: −23.21 ±1.29[1] mas/yr
(approx. 190 pc)
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 (sometimes listed as 15th brightest, if the two brighter components of the Capella quadruple star system are counted as one star). Along with Aldebaran, Spica, and Regulus it is one of the four brightest stars near the ecliptic. Antares is a slow variable star with an average magnitude of +1.09.[1]
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[hide][edit] Properties
Antares is a class M supergiant star, with a radius of approximately 800 times that of the sun; if it were placed in the center of our solar system, its outer surface would lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Antares is approximately 600 light-years (180 pc) from our solar system. Its visual luminosity is about 10,000 times that of the Sun, but because the star radiates a considerable part of its energy in the infrared part of the spectrum, the bolometric luminosity equals roughly 65,000 times that of the Sun. The mass of the star is calculated to be 15 to 18 solar masses.[3] Its large size and relatively small mass give Antares a very low average density.
The size of Antares may be calculated using its parallax and angular diameter. The parallax angle is given in the box to the right, and the angular diameter is known from lunar occultation measurements (41.3 ± 0.1 mas).[4] This leads to a radius of 822 ± 80 solar radii.[clarification needed]
Antares is a type LC slow irregular variable star, whose apparent magnitude slowly varies from +0.88 to +1.16.[2]
The best time to view Antares is on or around May 31 of each year, when the star is at opposition to the Sun. At this time, Antares rises at dusk and sets at dawn, and is thus in view all night. For approximately two to three weeks on either side of November 30, Antares is not visible at all, being lost in the Sun's glare; this period of invisibility is longer in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere, since the star's declination is significantly south of the celestial equator.
[edit] Companion star
Antares has a hot blue companion star, Antares B, of spectral type B2.5 at a separation of about 2.9 arcseconds, or 550 AUs at Antares' estimated distance.[3] At magnitude 5.5, it is only 1/370th as bright visually as Antares A, although it shines with 170 times the Sun's luminosity. It is normally difficult to see in small telescopes due to Antares' glare, but can sometimes be seen in apertures over 150 mm (5.9 in).[5] The companion is often described as green, but this is probably a contrast effect.[3] Antares B can be observed with a small telescope for a few seconds during lunar occultations while Antares itself is hidden by the Moon; it was discovered by Johann Tobias Bürg during one such occultation on April 13, 1819.[6]
The orbit is poorly known, with an estimated period of 878 years.
[edit] Position on the ecliptic
Antares is one of the 4 first magnitude stars that lies within 5° of the ecliptic and therefore can be occulted by the Moon and rarely by the planets. On 31 July 2009, Antares was occulted by the moon. The event was visible in much of southern Asia and the Middle East.[7][8] Every year around December 2 the Sun passes 5° north of Antares.