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ρ Serpentis (rho Serpentis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:33 | Tran: 6:30 | Set: 14:22
Alt: 42.07°   Az: 248.77°   Direction: West-South-West

ρ Serpentis is a variable giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Serpens.

ρ Serpentis visual magnitude is 4.76. Because of its moderate brightness, ρ 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 ρ Serpentis (rho Serpentis) star
DSS2 image of ρ Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 52m 22s
+20° 54’ 12”
03h 11m 11s
19h 03m 33s

J2000

15h 51m 15s
+20° 58’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

34.44°
48.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Serpentis (rho Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.76
Giant

-0.66
K5III
3734K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Serpentis is distant 394.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 62 kilometers per second.

121.07
394.67
-62 km/s
-0.053 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Serpentis
(rho Serpentis)
38 Serpentis
SAO84037
SAO84037

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 69.1°
Max altitude: 59.4°
Azimuth: 290.9°