η-Ser (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , η-Ser is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:49 (EDT), 31° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:39, 45° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:00, 26° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
η-Ser
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h21m18s [4] |
| Declination: | −02°54'06" [4] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Cauda |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.24 (V) [2] 4.43 (BT) [2] 3.34 (VT) [2] 2.99 (G) [4] 3.71 (BP) [4] 2.47 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 19.1 parsec 62.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.93 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 890.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 218.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.84 |
Sources