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.

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

Right Ascension 18h 58m 33s

Declination +02° 34’ 14”

Hour Angle 19h 42m 47s

Sidereal Time 14h 41m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 57m 16s

Declination +02° 32’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 35.85°

Galactic Latitude -0.14°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.57

Class Giant

64 Serpentis is also a Hg chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -2.07

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

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

Distance (parsec) 337.84

Distance (light year) 1,101.35

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 64 Serpentis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD175869

SAO Catalogue SAO124089

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP93051

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 3738

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° RISE 22:11

Max altitude: 41.1° TRANSIT 4:26

Azimuth: 272.6° SET 10:36

Set Location

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