ι-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 , ι-Ser is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:17 (PDT), 75° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:36, 75° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:55, when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.

Name ι-Ser
Object type Star
Other names
ι-Ser
Iota Serpentis Caput
21-Ser
21 Serpentis Caput
HR 5842[1]
HD 140159
HIP 76852[3]
TYC 1498-1787-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:15h41m33s [2]
Declination:+19°40'13" [2]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:4.51 (V) [2]
4.58 (BT) [2]
4.51 (VT) [2]
Distance:58.3 parsec
190.0 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.06
Proper motion (speed):74.9 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):234.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.68

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