There are two stars with the

Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek alphabet, Greek or Latin letter followed by the genitive case, genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name. The original list of Bayer design ...

ω Scorpii (omega Scorpii): * ω¹ Scorpii * ω² Scorpii They are separated by 0.24° on the sky, which is far enough apart to be individually resolved with the naked eye. The two stars are not physically associated with each other, and thus only form an optical pair. ω Scorpii also has the traditional name Jabhat al Akrab, which is derived from the

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جبهة العقرب ''jabhat al-^caqrab'' meaning " heforehead of the scorpion". For the Chinese, the pair were known as ''Kow Kin'', meaning a Hook and Latch.

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{{SIA , astronomical objects Scorpius Scorpii, Omega