60 Serpentis

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60 Serpentis
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 18h 29m 40.97948s [1]
Declination −01° 59 07.1058 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.38 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0 III [3]
B−V color index 0.961±0.004 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+28.36±0.34 [4]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −85.35 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −34.31 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)25.16 ± 0.31  mas [1]
Distance 130 ± 2  ly
(39.7 ± 0.5  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)1.25±0.07 [5]
Details
Mass 1.81±0.49 [5]   M
Radius 8 [4]   R
Luminosity 35 [4]   L
Surface gravity (log g)2.92±0.11 [5]   cgs
Temperature 5,059±92 [5]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.08 [4]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.9 [4]  km/s
Age 1.26+0.19
−0.16
[5]   Myr
Other designations
c Ser, 60 Ser, BD−02° 4641, FK5  1480, HD  170474, HIP  90642, HR  6935, SAO  142348 [6]
Database references
SIMBAD data

60 Serpentis, also known as c Serpentis, is a single, [7] orange-hued star in Serpens Cauda, the eastern section of the constellation Serpens. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.38. [2] The distance to this star, as estimated from its annual parallax shift of 25.16±0.31  mas , [1] is approximately 130  light years. It is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of +28 km/s, [4] having approached as close as 107 ly (32.7 pc) some 1.9 million years ago. [2]

This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III, [3] having used up its core hydrogen and expanded. At the age of around 1.26 billion years, it currently belongs to the so-called "red clump", which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at its core. [8] The star has an estimated 1.8 [5] times the mass of the Sun and 8 [4] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 35 [4] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of about 5,059 K. [5]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kappa Aurigae</span> G-type giant star in the constellation Auriga

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30 Aquarii is a single star located about 301 light years away from the Sun in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius. 30 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.56. The star is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 40 km/s.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kappa Capricorni</span> Star in the constellation Capricornus

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kappa Lyrae</span> Star in the constellation Lyra

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27 Hydrae is a triple star system system in the equatorial constellation of Hydra, located 222 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.82. The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +25.6 km/s.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Phi Ophiuchi</span> Single star in the constellation Ophiuchus

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">74 Ophiuchi</span> Star in the constellation Ophiuchus

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">19 Puppis</span> Binary star in the constellation Puppis

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56 Sagittarii is a single star in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It has the Bayer designation f Sagittarii, while 56 Sagittarii is the Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.87. It is located approximately 208 light years away from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +22 km/s.

69 Virginis is a single star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo, located about 259 light years away. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.76, although it is a suspected variable that may range in magnitude from 4.75 down to 4.79. This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −13 km/s. The light from this star is polarized due to intervening interstellar dust.

10 Serpentis is a single, white-hued star in Serpens Caput, the western section of the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.15. Located around 129 ly (39.7 pc) distant, it is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s and will make its closest approach in around 983,000 years at a separation of about 112 ly (34.2 pc).

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11 Serpentis is a single star in the constellation of Serpens, located 271 light years away from the Sun. It has the Bayer designation A1 Serpentis, 11 Serpentis is the Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.497. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −16 km/s.

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