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τ7 Serpentis (tau7 Serpentis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:55 | Tran: 0:31 | Set: 8:11
Alt: 53.16°   Az: 146.32°   Direction: South-South-East

τ7 Serpentis is a star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Serpens.

τ7 Serpentis visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its faintness, τ7 Serpentis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of τ7 Serpentis (tau7 Serpentis) star
DSS2 image of τ7 Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of τ7 Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-12.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 43m 03s
+18° 23’ 02”
22h 37m 56s
14h 20m 59s

J2000

15h 41m 54s
+18° 27’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

29.69°
49.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for τ7 Serpentis (tau7 Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.81

2.18
A2
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where τ7 Serpentis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of τ7 Serpentis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

τ7 Serpentis is distant 173.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

53.25
173.59
-30 km/s
-0.072 arcsec/y
0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

τ7 Serpentis
(tau7 Serpentis)
22 Serpentis
SAO101686
SAO101686

Visibility from Your Location

Today's τ7 Serpentis (tau7 Serpentis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.6°
Max altitude: 56.9°
Azimuth: 288.4°