Antares (α Sco) - In ancient times, people saw a competitor in this star, the counterpart of Mars (anti-Ares: against Mars), as the strikingly red star strongly resembles the "Red Planet". The old Arabic name Kal al Akrab is no longer used, but the Latin designation Cor Scorpion - Heart of the Scorpion is derived from it. It lies at the intersection of the extended lines connecting the lateral sides of the Hercules quadrilateral. A greenish-colored physical companion with a brightness of 5.4 mag can be found at a separation of 2.9" best with a 200mm or larger telescope, as the glare of the main star is obstructive. A minimum magnification of 250x is recommended for visual resolution. The main component orbits approximately every 555 years.

Graffias (β Sco) - It is a binary star with components of 2.6 mag and 4.9 mag, separated by 13.6". The primary component is pale blue, the companion is dark blue, but there is no relationship between them. However, the brighter component itself is a close binary star that is not easy to distinguish even in a larger telescope.

σ Sco - The variable star, whose brightness varies between 3mag and 3.8mag in a period of 0.247 days, is also a binary star. The companion, with a magnitude of 9mag, is located at a separation of 20".

μ Sco - A binary star easily distinguishable with the naked eye. The brightness components of 3.1mag and 3.6mag are located at a distance of 8'. The brighter one is an eclipsing binary, whose brightness varies in the range of 34 hours between 2.9 and 3.2mag.

ζ Sco - Wide visual pair of unrelated stars distinguishable even with the naked eye. It consists of the blue-white giant ζ1, which is the brightest member (4.7mag) of the beautiful open star cluster NGC 6231. ζ2 is a red giant with a magnitude of 3.6, which is located much closer to us - 132 light-years away.

ω Sco - An optical binary star visible to the naked eye, composed of stars with magnitudes 3.9 and 4.3. One is located 470 light-years away from us and the other is 290 light-years away.

ν Sco - With a small telescope, we can distinguish two optical components with a brightness of 4.3 mag and 6.4 mag at a separation of 44". The main star is already a true binary star, with a companion of 6.8 mag located at a separation of only 0.9". The companion of the second star, with a brightness of 7.8 mag, is located at a separation of 2.3" and is within the reach of an 80 mm telescope.

ξ Sco - nice double star, with components of brightness 4.8mag and 7.3mag (bluish) at a separation of 7.6". The primary star is also a double star, currently not observable with a small telescope. The second component is almost equally bright (5.1mag) and is located at a separation of only 0.5". It has a yellow color. In the same field of view, there is also Struve 1999, a dark yellow pair of components with magnitudes 7.4mag and 8.1mag, at a separation of 11.6".