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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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61 Serpentis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:48 | Tran: 3:45 | Set: 9:38
Alt: -39.46°   Az: 3.36°   Direction: North

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.

Image of 61 Serpentis star
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

18h 33m 15s
-00° 58’ 58”
12h 10m 21s
06h 43m 37s

J2000

18h 31m 56s
-01° 00’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

29.81°
3.88°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Giant

-0.27
A4III
8486K

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

HR 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.

174.83
569.93
-27 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

61 Serpentis
SAO142372
SAO142372

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°
Max altitude: 37.5°
Azimuth: 269.0°