Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Serpens |
Right ascension | 15h 50m 41.73245s[2] |
Declination | +15° 08′ 01.0810″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 9.70[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M5-8e[4] |
B−Vcolor index | 1.500±0.510[3] |
Variable type | Mira[5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 23.8±0.8[6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +2.387[2]mas/yr Dec.: −36.699[2]mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.5110±0.2966 mas[2] |
Distance | 930 ± 80 ly (280 ± 20 pc) |
Details | |
Radius | ~380[7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1,704.70[8] L☉ |
Temperature | 2,780±80[9] K |
Other designations | |
R Ser,BD+15° 2918,HD 141850,HIP 77615,HR 5894,SAO 101771[10] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
R Serpentis is aMira variable type star in theequatorialconstellation ofSerpens. It ranges between apparent magnitude 5.16 and 14.4, and spectral types M5e to M8e, over a period of 356.41 days.[5][11] The variability of this star was discovered in 1826 byKarl Ludwig Harding.[12]