Nu Serpentis

A-type main sequence star in the constellation Serpens

Nu Serpentis
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Location of ν Serpentis (circled)
Constellation	Serpens
Right ascension	17^h 20^m 49.66149^s^[1]
Declination	−12° 50′ 48.7533″^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.32^[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	A2V^[3]
U−B color index	+0.04^[4]
B−V color index	+0.03^[4]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	+4.80^[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +43.40^[1] mas/yr Dec.: +2.61^[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	16.05 ± 0.26 mas^[1]
Distance	203 ± 3 ly (62 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	0.35^[2]

Details

Mass	2.64^[6] `M`_☉
Radius	3.0^[7] `R`_☉
Luminosity	76^[6] `L`_☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.95^[8] cgs
Temperature	9,120^[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	0.00^[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	123^[6] km/s
Age	350^[10] Myr

Other designations
ν Ser, 53 Serpentis, BD−12°4722, FK5 3376, GC 23424, HD 156928, HIP 84880, HR 6446, SAO 160479, ADS 10481, CCDM J17208-1251A, WDS J17208-1251A, GSC 05653-01431^[11]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

ν Serpentis, Latinized as Nu Serpentis, is a solitary^[10] star in the Serpens Cauda section of the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It is a white-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.32.^[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 16.05 mas as seen from the Sun,^[1] it is about 203 light years from the Sun. The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +5 km/s.^[5]

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2V,^[3] and is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core. It is 350^[10] million years old with a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 123 km/s.^[6] The star has 2.64^[6] times the mass of the Sun and 3.0^[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 76 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,120 K.^[6] Nu Serpentis has an optical companion, a magnitude +9.4 star at an angular separation of 46 arcseconds.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. S2CID 18759600. Vizier catalog entry
^ ^a ^b ^c Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644. Vizier catalog entry
^ ^a ^b Abt, Helmut A.; Morrell, Nidia I. (1995). "The Relation between Rotational Velocities and Spectral Peculiarities among A-Type Stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 99: 135. Bibcode:1995ApJS...99..135A. doi:10.1086/192182.
^ ^a ^b Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 42 (2): 443. Bibcode:2014JAVSO..42..443M.Vizier catalog entry
^ ^a ^b Wilson, R. E. (1953). "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication. Carnegie Institution for Science. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W. ISBN 9780598216885. LCCN 54001336.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 537: A120. arXiv:1201.2052. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. S2CID 55586789. Vizier catalog entry
^ ^a ^b Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (1999). "Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: Masses, radii and effective temperatures". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 352: 555–562. arXiv:astro-ph/9911002. Bibcode:1999A&A...352..555A. Vizier catalog entry
^ David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015). "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 804 (2): 146. arXiv:1501.03154. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. S2CID 33401607. Vizier catalog entry
^ Gontcharov, G. A. (2012). "Dependence of kinematics on the age of stars in the solar neighborhood". Astronomy Letters. 38 (12): 771–782. arXiv:1606.08814. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..771G. doi:10.1134/S1063773712120031. S2CID 118345778. Vizier catalog entry
^ ^a ^b ^c De Rosa, R. J.; et al. (2013). "The VAST Survey - III. The multiplicity of A-type stars within 75 pc". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 437 (2): 1216. arXiv:1311.7141. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.437.1216D. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1932. S2CID 88503488.
^ "nu Ser". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
^ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vizier catalog entry

External links

Kaler, James B. (July 19, 2013), "Nu Serpentis", Stars, University of Illinois, retrieved 2017-03-31.

Constellation of Serpens

Stars

Bayer	α (Unukalhai) β (Chow) γ δ ε ζ η θ (Alya) ι κ (Gudja) λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ¹ τ² τ³ τ⁴ τ⁵ τ⁶ τ⁷ τ⁸ υ φ χ ψ ω
Flamsteed	3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 (A¹) 14 16 25 (A²) 29 36 (b) 39 40 43 45 46 47 59 (d) 60 (c) 61 64 3 Her 47 Oph
Variable	R W X RT UZ VV VY WX AA AN AO AP AR AU BQ CT CV CW EG FH FI FK FL FQ FR LV LW LX MR MS MT MV MY NN NO NQ NW OO OU PS QV QX QY V382 V411
HR	5665 5690 5692 5706 5711 5740 5745 5783 5796 5831 5850 5859 5861 5874 5909 5913 5931 5992 6005 6011 6014 6016 6449 6496 6544 6562 6568 6600 6620 6666 6681 6755 6756 6757 6785 6830 6840 6843 6858 6890 6898 6928 6993 (e) 6999 7008 7048 7076 7144
HD	135061 135615 136027 136118 138085 142245 143436 145936 146740 157969 168112 168443 168746 (Alasia) 175541 (Kaveh)
Other	ADS 9544 AS 296 9 11 22 23 27 Gliese 701 Gliese 710 GJ 1224 GX 17+2 IRAS 18418-0440 MWC 297 MWC 922 PG 1510+234 PG 1605+072 PSR B1534+11 PSR J1719−1438 Ross 508 Serpens FIRS 1 Serpens SVS 20 Serpens X-1 W40 IRS 1A South

Exoplanets	CoRoT-9b CoRoT-11b CoRoT-22b CoRoT-23b CoRoT-27b HD 168746 b (Onasilos) HD 175541 b (Kavian) ω Serpentis b

Star
clusters

NGC	NGC 6535 NGC 6539 NGC 6604 NGC 6605
Other	IC 4756 Messier 5 Messier 16 Serpens OB2 Serpens South Palomar 5

Nebulae

Other	Abell 41 Eagle Nebula L134 L183 L483 Serpens cloud Sh2-54 Westerhout 40 Red Square Nebula S68

Galaxies

NGC	5887 5910 5911 5913 5919 5920 5921 5926 5928 5931 5936 5937 5940 5942 5941 5944 5951 5953 5954 5952 5956 5955 5957 5960 5962 5964 5970 5972 5975 5977 5980 5983 5984 5988 5991 5990 5994 5996 5997 6003 6004 6008 6006 6007 6009 6012 6010 6014 6020 6017 6018 6021 6022 6023 6027 6027a 6027b 6027c 6027d 6027e 6029 6033 6037 6036 6051 6063 6065 6066 6070 6080 6100 6118 6172
Other	317 318 321 323.1 324 326 Arp 72 Arp 220 4C 11.50 CGCG 049-033 Hoag's Object IC 4537 IC 4588 IRAS 15107+0724 NRAO 530 PDS 456 PG 1553+113 PGC 54493 PKS 1546+027

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