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[Centaur]

Here's a link to a nice article on the constellation that dominates our southern sky during summer evenings.

news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=96&e=3&u=/space/20050722/sc_space/thewondersofscorpius

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

I can't say I have seen the entire Scopius constellation.

But, perhaps one night, under a dark sky...I can trace out the scorpion.

[Al Degutis]

And now there's an additional reason to check out Scorpius: a newly reported 9th magnitude nova in Scorpio.

www.aavso.org/publications/alerts/alert323.shtml

It is located midway between M6 and M7:
R.A. = 17h 44m 21.59s (2000.0)
Decl. = -34o 16' 35.7" (2000.0)

Which puts it about 13 to 14 degrees above the horizon at best. Poor position for viewing from the Chicagoland area.

[Rocketman]

I can see all of Scorpio down here.

I've noticed that Antares has been flashing the last few nights. I've been aligning my scope on it because the Moon wasn't up when I started. Lately I've been catching a few near 10 magnitude satellite passes, so maybe I'll take a look. I'm not sure that I'll see anything though.