μ Serpentis (mu Serpentis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:01 | Tran: 22:41 | Set: 4:26

Alt: -12.70° Az: 79.49° Direction: South

μ Serpentis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Serpens.

μ Serpentis visual magnitude is 3.53. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Serpentis (mu Serpentis) star

DSS2 image of μ Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-14.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 50m 57s

Declination -03° 30’ 22”

Hour Angle 16h 55m 46s

Sidereal Time 08h 46m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 49m 37s

Declination -03° 25’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 4.59°

Galactic Latitude 37.29°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.53

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.13

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Serpentis is distant 155.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 47.76

Distance (light year) 155.68

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.086 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation μ Serpentis
(mu Serpentis)

Flamsteed designation 32 Serpentis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD141513

SAO Catalogue SAO140787

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77516

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 4052

FK5 Catalogue 585

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 93.5° RISE 17:01

Max altitude: 35.0° TRANSIT 22:41

Azimuth: 266.5° SET 4:26

Set Location

Other stars in Serpens