36 Serpentis

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:48 | Tran: 6:30 | Set: 12:12

Alt: 2.37° Az: 98.09° Direction: East

36 Serpentis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Serpens.

36 Serpentis visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its faintness, 36 Serpentis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 36 Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-14.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 52m 34s

Declination -03° 09’ 52”

Hour Angle 18h 31m 16s

Sidereal Time 10h 23m 50s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 51m 15s

Declination -03° 05’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 5.25°

Galactic Latitude 37.18°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.11

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.67

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.12

Temperature 8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Serpentis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Serpentis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Serpentis is distant 159.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 48.85

Distance (light year) 159.26

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.087 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Serpentis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD141851

SAO Catalogue SAO140801

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77660

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 4058

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Serpentis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.2° RISE 0:48

Max altitude: 35.4° TRANSIT 6:30

Azimuth: 266.8° SET 12:12

Set Location

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