Star profile
Tau 6 Serpens
What is Tau 6 Serpens
Tau-6 Serpentis shines 606 light-years away within the Serpent, the only constellation of the classical catalogue split into two halves —Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda— by the body of nearby Ophiuchus. It is a yellow G-type giant, already drifting beyond the main sequence, with an expanded surface that hints at the future fate of many Sun-like stars. Its warm light coils quietly among the scales drawn into the eastern half of the summer firmament.
Where it is and when to see it
Tau 6 Serpens lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for Tau 6 Serpens
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.00
- Distance
- 606.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 235.246° · Dec 16.025°
- Catalogue
- HIP 76810 · HD 140027
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Other stars in Serpens
Serpens has 65 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- UnukalhaiAlpha Serpens2.63
- Eta Serpens3.23
- Mu Serpens3.54
- HIP 878135.93
- 61 Serpens5.93
- HIP 862665.94
- HIP 774125.98
- HIP 895875.99