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ε Serpentis (epsilon Serpentis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:30 | Tran: 5:54 | Set: 12:14
Alt: 22.58°   Az: 112.89°   Direction: East-South-East

ε Serpentis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Serpens.

ε Serpentis visual magnitude is 3.71. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Serpentis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ε Serpentis (epsilon Serpentis) star
DSS2 image of ε Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Serpentis during the next 1000 years (2.13 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 52m 04s
+04° 24’ 12”
20h 05m 45s
11h 57m 50s

J2000

15h 50m 48s
+04° 28’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

13.15°
41.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Serpentis (epsilon Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.71
Main-sequence

2.04
A2V
8571K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Serpentis is distant 70.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

21.56
70.27
-9 km/s
0.128 arcsec/y
0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Serpentis
(epsilon Serpentis)
37 Serpentis
SAO121218
SAO121218

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 85.6°
Max altitude: 42.9°
Azimuth: 274.4°