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ι Serpentis (iota Serpentis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:32 | Tran: 6:20 | Set: 14:04
Alt: 51.63°   Az: 223.99°   Direction: South-West

ι Serpentis is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Serpens.

ι Serpentis visual magnitude is 4.52. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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 ι Serpentis (iota Serpentis) star
DSS2 image of ι Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-9.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 42m 40s
+19° 35’ 28”
01h 48m 56s
17h 31m 36s

J2000

15h 41m 33s
+19° 40’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

31.42°
50.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Serpentis (iota Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.52
Main-sequence

0.67
A1V
9652K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Serpentis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ι Serpentis double sysyem:

4.52
4.62
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Serpentis is distant 192.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

58.93
192.10
-17 km/s
-0.057 arcsec/y
-0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Serpentis
(iota Serpentis)
21 Serpentis
SAO101682
SAO101682

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 70.4°
Max altitude: 58.1°
Azimuth: 289.6°