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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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λ Serpentis (lambda Serpentis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:05 | Tran: 0:40 | Set: 7:19
Alt: 19.62°   Az: 256.59°   Direction: West-South-West

λ Serpentis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Serpens.

λ Serpentis visual magnitude is 4.43. Because of its moderate brightness, λ 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 λ Serpentis (lambda Serpentis) star
DSS2 image of λ Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Serpentis during the next 1000 years (-3.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.12 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 47m 41s
+07° 16’ 32”
04h 29m 52s
20h 17m 33s

J2000

15h 46m 26s
+07° 21’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

15.7°
44.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Serpentis (lambda Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.43
Hypergiant

4.08
G0V
5968K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Serpentis is distant 38.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 66 kilometers per second.

11.75
38.32
-66 km/s
-0.223 arcsec/y
-0.067"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Serpentis
(lambda Serpentis)
27 Serpentis
SAO121186
SAO121186

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 82.7°
Max altitude: 45.8°
Azimuth: 277.3°