Star Gamma Serpentis

Yellow-White star Gamma Serpentis is located 36 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class F6V , that has 130 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Gamma Serpentis

Yellow-White star, High proper motion star

Spectral class: F6V

Location

Right ascension: 15h 56m 27.532s

Declination: 15° 39' 21.285'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 89.565

Sun distance: 36.416 ly | 11.2 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 130 % M Sun

Size: 155 % R Sun

Temperature: 6286 K | 1.09 T Sun

Age: 3.49 billions years | 0.76 Sun

Luminosity: 3.02 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 3.8

Absolute magnitude (V): 3.6

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

Gamma Serpentis system structure

Gamma Serpentis

More about Gamma Serpentis

Nearby star Gamma Serpentis is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is is approximately 55 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 6286 K (6013 °C), which is about 109 % of Sun's temperature.

       Gamma Serpentis can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
LHS 408, 41 Ser, * gam Ser, Ainalhai, 41 Serpentis, BD+16° 2849, FK5 591, GCTP 3604.00, HD 142860, HIP 78072, HR 5933, LHS 408, SAO 101826, TIC 377415363, TYC 1496-2119-1, WISEA J155627.41+153928.7, NLTT 41572, N30 3579, GJ 603, Gliese 603, Gaia EDR3 1193030490492925824

External sources

Simbad database (* gam Ser)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1193030490492925824)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Closest stars

Gliese 609	-	4.9 ly
Ross 508	0.18 M☉	5.1 ly
WISE J154214.00+223005.2	-	5.3 ly
2MASS J1535+2225	-	5.3 ly
Lambda Serpentis	1.1 M☉	6.2 ly

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