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47 Serpentis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:54 | Tran: 6:39 | Set: 13:20
Alt: 38.98°   Az: 135.43°   Direction: South-East

47 Serpentis is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Serpens.

47 Serpentis visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, 47 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.

Image of 47 Serpentis star
DSS2 image of 47 Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 09m 40s
+08° 28’ 08”
21h 46m 07s
13h 55m 48s

J2000

16h 08m 27s
+08° 32’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

20.71°
39.95°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Giant

-0.48
M3III
3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Serpentis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Serpentis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

47 Serpentis is distant 567.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

174.22
567.94
-22 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

47 Serpentis
SAO121383
SAO121383

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 47 Serpentis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.5°
Max altitude: 47.0°
Azimuth: 278.5°