60 Serpentis

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:47 | Tran: 18:35 | Set: 0:23

Alt: -7.55° Az: 83.63° Direction: East

60 Serpentis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Serpens.

60 Serpentis visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Serpentis during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 30m 58s

Declination -01° 58’ 01”

Hour Angle 17h 21m 20s

Sideral Time 11h 52m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 29m 40s

Declination -01° 59’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 28.68°

Galactic Latitude 3.93°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 60 Serpentis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.39

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.09

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Serpentis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Serpentis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Serpentis is distant 236.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 72.41

Distance (light year) 236.06

Radial Speed 28 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.032 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 60 Serpentis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD170474

SAO Catalogue SAO142348

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90642

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 4641

FK5 Catalogue 1480

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Serpentis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.0° RISE 12:47

Max altitude: 36.6° TRANSIT 18:35

Azimuth: 268.0° SET 0:23

Set Location

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