Rho Serpentis

Rho Serpentis

Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Serpens
Right ascension	15^h 51^m 15.90985^s [1]
Declination	20° 58′ 40.5166″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.78 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	K5III [3]
U−B color index	+1.88 [2]
B−V color index	+1.54 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	-61.96[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: -53.32[1] mas/yr Dec.: +18.87[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	8.70 ± 0.30[1] mas
Distance	370 ± 10 ly (115 ± 4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	-0.52 [5]
Other designations
38 Serpentis, GC 21311, HIP 77661, HR 5899, HD 141992, SAO 84037 [3]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Rho Serpentis (ρ Ser, ρ Serpentis) is a star in the constellation Serpens.

Rho Serpentis is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.78.^[2] It is approximately 375 light years from Earth.^[1]

References

1. van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Vizier catalog entry
2. Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues 2237: 0. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
3. "Rho Serpentis". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
4. Famaey, B.; et al. (January 2005), "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters", Astronomy and Astrophysics 430 (1): 165–186, arXiv:astro-ph/0409579, Bibcode:2005A&A...430..165F, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272
5. Absolute magnitude calculated as $M = m + 5 (1 + \log_{10}{p})\!\,$, where $M$ is the star's absolute magnitude, $m$ is the star's apparent magnitude, and $p$ is the star's measured parallax in arcseconds.