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public  Grevenkrug, Germany Grevenkrug, Germany  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 13:24 
Sunset: 21:52
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μ Serpentis (mu Serpentis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:35 | Tran: 22:14 | Set: 3:57
Alt: 30.53°   Az: 159.98°   Direction: South-South-East

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

15h 50m 57s
-03° 30’ 23”
22h 51m 16s
14h 42m 14s

J2000

15h 49m 37s
-03° 25’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

4.59°
37.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Serpentis (mu Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.53
Hypergiant

0.13
A0V
10653K

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

HR 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.

47.76
155.68
-9 km/s
-0.086 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Serpentis
(mu Serpentis)
32 Serpentis
SAO140787
SAO140787

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 93.5°
Max altitude: 32.3°
Azimuth: 266.5°