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public  Cinoyong, Indonesia Cinoyong, Indonesia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Jakarta
Sunrise: 6:07 
Transit: 11:58 
Sunset: 17:50
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σ Serpentis (sigma Serpentis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:14 | Tran: 22:11 | Set: 4:09
Alt: 52.97°   Az: 80.03°   Direction: South

σ Serpentis is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Serpens.

σ Serpentis visual magnitude is 4.82. Because of its moderate brightness, σ 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 σ Serpentis (sigma Serpentis) star
DSS2 image of σ Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of σ Serpentis during the next 1000 years (-2.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 23m 22s
+00° 58’ 14”
21h 34m 26s
13h 57m 49s

J2000

16h 22m 04s
+01° 01’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

14.78°
33.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for σ Serpentis (sigma Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.82
Hypergiant

2.64
F0V
7217K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

σ Serpentis is distant 89.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 50 kilometers per second.

27.35
89.17
-50 km/s
-0.155 arcsec/y
0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

σ Serpentis
(sigma Serpentis)
50 Serpentis
SAO121540
SAO121540

Visibility from Your Location

Today's σ Serpentis (sigma Serpentis) rise, transit and set times from Cinoyong, Indonesia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Jakarta):

Azimuth: 89.0°
Max altitude: 82.8°
Azimuth: 271.0°