υ Serpentis (upsilon Serpentis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:55 | Tran: 15:06 | Set: 22:16

Alt: -21.55° Az: 336.20° Direction: North-North-West

υ Serpentis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Serpens.

υ Serpentis visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, υ 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 υ Serpentis (upsilon Serpentis) star

DSS2 image of υ Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 48m 26s

Declination +14° 02’ 24”

Hour Angle 10h 28m 56s

Sidereal Time 02h 17m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 47m 17s

Declination +14° 06’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 24.38°

Galactic Latitude 47.09°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for υ Serpentis (upsilon Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.71

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.27

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.09

Temperature 9125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Serpentis is distant 251.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 77.22

Distance (light year) 251.74

Radial Speed -34 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.06 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation υ Serpentis
(upsilon Serpentis)

Flamsteed designation 31 Serpentis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD141187

SAO Catalogue SAO101739

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77336

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 2939

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 76.0° RISE 7:55

Max altitude: 52.6° TRANSIT 15:06

Azimuth: 284.0° SET 22:16

Set Location

Other stars in Serpens