61 Serpentis

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:28 | Tran: 18:21 | Set: 0:15

Alt: -30.45° Az: 314.94° Direction: North-West

61 Serpentis is a giant star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Serpens.

61 Serpentis visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, 61 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 61 Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of 61 Serpentis during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 33m 13s

Declination -00° 59’ 00”

Hour Angle 09h 29m 33s

Sideral Time 04h 02m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 31m 56s

Declination -01° 00’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 29.81°

Galactic Latitude 3.88°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 61 Serpentis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.94

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.27

Spectral Type A4III

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature 8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 61 Serpentis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 61 Serpentis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

61 Serpentis is distant 569.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 174.83

Distance (light year) 569.93

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 61 Serpentis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD170920

SAO Catalogue SAO142372

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP90844

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 3504

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 61 Serpentis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.0° RISE 12:28

Max altitude: 37.5° TRANSIT 18:21

Azimuth: 269.0° SET 0:15

Set Location

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