How do you locate constellation scorpio?

With out knowing where you are on the Earth no one is going to be able to give you an exact area of the sky to look at. It lies between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east. Scorpio can be seen near the southern horizon by observers in the Northern Hemisphere near Ophiuchus. It's quite bright and looks like an elegantly drawn, cursive "S". The "S" is divided up into three groups of stars - each containing three stars in a short line.



You can try this site it is an interactive map of the sky



http://www.astroviewer.com/interactive-n鈥?/a>How do you locate constellation scorpio?It is one constellation that matches its name. It is quite long as well. The main star is Antares, the largest known red giant which is unmistakeable and very prominent..

The Hindu paper of gives a sky map in the Sunday issue, which makes it easy to locate various constellations.

Here is the one for August:

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/20鈥?/a>

As you can see it is almost overhead, somewhat to the south at 9 pm.How do you locate constellation scorpio?I read its in the south during summertime in the american northwest.