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public  Hongshan, China Hongshan, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:45 
Transit: 12:30 
Sunset: 19:14
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ξ Serpentis (xi Serpentis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:50 | Tran: 23:21 | Set: 4:52
Alt: -2.57°   Az: 105.67°   Direction: East-South-East

ξ Serpentis is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Serpens.

ξ Serpentis visual magnitude is 3.54. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ 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 ξ Serpentis (xi Serpentis) star
DSS2 image of ξ Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Serpentis during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 39m 02s
-15° 24’ 43”
18h 15m 22s
11h 54m 25s

J2000

17h 37m 35s
-15° 23’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

10.61°
8.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Serpentis (xi Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.54
Hypergiant

0.99
F0IV
7726K

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

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

Star System Properties

ξ Serpentis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ξ Serpentis double sysyem:

3.54
12.94
9.4
22 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Serpentis is distant 105.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 43 kilometers per second.

32.33
105.40
-43 km/s
-0.042 arcsec/y
-0.058"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Serpentis
(xi Serpentis)
55 Serpentis
SAO160700
SAO160700

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ξ Serpentis (xi Serpentis) rise, transit and set times from Hongshan, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 105.4°
Max altitude: 51.5°
Azimuth: 254.6°