Constellation
The constellation Serpens
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Serpens gathers 65 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Unukalhai, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around May.
Serpens in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 65
- Brightest star
- Unukalhai
- Region of the sky
- Around the celestial equator
- Highest around
- May
- With a proper name
- 4
- Nearest star
- Gamma Serpens
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.63
Declination from -16° to 23°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
37 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Serpens
The 65 stars of Serpens catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- UnukalhaiAlpha Serpens2.63
- Eta Serpens3.23
- Mu Serpens3.54
- Xi Serpens3.54
- Beta Serpens3.65
- Epsilon Serpens3.71
- Delta Serpens3.80
- Gamma Serpens3.85
- GudjaKappa Serpens4.09
- Omicron Serpens4.24
- Nu Serpens4.32
- Lambda Serpens4.42
- Iota Serpens4.51
- Zeta Serpens4.62
- AlyaTheta 1 Serpens4.62
- Rho Serpens4.74
- Pi Serpens4.82
- Sigma Serpens4.82
- Alya BTheta 2 Serpens4.98
- 5 Serpens5.04
- 36 Serpens5.09
- 10 Serpens5.15
- Tau 1 Serpens5.16
- 59 Serpens5.20
- Omega Serpens5.21
- 16 Serpens5.26
- 3 Serpens5.32
- Chi Serpens5.34
- 6 Serpens5.35
- 60 Serpens5.38
- 25 Serpens5.39
- HIP 791955.39
- HIP 898515.39
- HIP 779025.45
- 11 Serpens5.50
- Phi Serpens5.54
- HIP 860195.54
- 64 Serpens5.56
- HIP 771635.57
- 4 Serpens5.62
- 45 Serpens5.63
- HIP 748965.68
- 47 Serpens5.69
- Upsilon Serpens5.71
- HIP 904975.71
- HIP 863135.74
- HIP 886845.74
- HIP 913225.76
- Tau 7 Serpens5.80
- HIP 784425.82
- HIP 920275.82
- HIP 886705.84
- Psi Serpens5.86
- HIP 749015.88
- HIP 743865.90
- Tau 5 Serpens5.93
- HIP 791205.93
- HIP 791375.93
- HIP 870745.93
- HIP 878135.93
- 61 Serpens5.93
- HIP 862665.94
- HIP 774125.98
- HIP 895875.99
- Tau 6 Serpens6.00
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.