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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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64 Serpentis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:11 | Tran: 4:26 | Set: 10:36
Alt: 17.75°   Az: 109.06°   Direction: East-South-East

64 Serpentis is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Serpens.

64 Serpentis visual magnitude is 5.57. Because of its faintness, 64 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 64 Serpentis star
DSS2 image of 64 Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 58m 33s
+02° 34’ 14”
19h 42m 47s
14h 41m 20s

J2000

18h 57m 16s
+02° 32’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

35.85°
-0.14°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.57
Giant
64 Serpentis is also a Hg chemically peculiar star.

-2.07
B9III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Serpentis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Serpentis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Serpentis is distant 1,101.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

337.84
1,101.35
-10 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

64 Serpentis
SAO124089
SAO124089

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 Serpentis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.4°
Max altitude: 41.1°
Azimuth: 272.6°