τ^8-Ser (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , τ^8-Ser is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:03 (EDT), 27° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:38, 64° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:16, 48° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
τ^8-Ser
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Object type
Star
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Other names
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 |
Sources