τ⁸-Ser (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , τ⁸-Ser is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 71° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:54, 73° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:53, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name τ⁸-Ser
Object type Star
Other names
τ⁸-Ser
Tau8 Serpentis Caput
26-Ser
26 Serpentis Caput
HR 5858[1]
HD 140729
HIP 77111[3]
TYC 1495-371-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 1197415239789852544[4]
Position
Right ascension:15h44m42s [4]
Declination:+17°15'51" [4]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:6.14 (V) [2]
6.15 (BT) [2]
6.14 (VT) [2]
6.14 (G) [4]
6.13 (BP) [4]
6.13 (RP) [4]
Distance:111.6 parsec
363.7 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.01
Proper motion (speed):29.0 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):278.9°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.90

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