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ζ Serpentis (zeta Serpentis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:47 | Tran: 8:27 | Set: 14:06
Alt: -8.39°   Az: 85.36°   Direction: East

ζ Serpentis is a sub-giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Serpens.

ζ Serpentis visual magnitude is 4.62. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ 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 ζ Serpentis (zeta Serpentis) star
DSS2 image of ζ Serpentis. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Serpentis during the next 1000 years (2.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.75 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 01m 48s
-03° 41’ 22”
17h 24m 37s
11h 26m 25s

J2000

18h 00m 29s
-03° 41’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

23.73°
9.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Serpentis (zeta Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.62
Sub-giant

2.79
F2IV
6989K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Serpentis is distant 75.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 43 kilometers per second.

23.20
75.62
-43 km/s
0.147 arcsec/y
-0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Serpentis
(zeta Serpentis)
57 Serpentis
SAO142025
SAO142025
Gl 699.2

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 93.7°
Max altitude: 34.8°
Azimuth: 266.3°