A-type star · white star

55Xi Ser

105 lybrightness mag 3.54F0IIIp

Also catalogued as HR 6561 · HD 159876 · HIP 86263

7,712 K

temperature

3.54

apparent magnitude

34.83× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0IIIp

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

105 years

at light speed from Earth

1.34×

as hot as the Sun

34.83×

the Sun's light output

0.99

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

55Xi SerA-type

Sky regionSerpensthis direction

Nearest stars

Sabik →20 ly apart
HR 6493 →20 ly apart
20 Oph →23 ly apart
Gliese Gl 656.1B →24 ly apart
26 Oph →25 ly apart
HR 6269 →26 ly apart

Bright stars in Serpens

Unukalhai →mag 2.6
58Eta Ser →mag 3.2
32Mu Ser →mag 3.5
Zhou →mag 3.6
37Eps Ser →mag 3.7
13Del Ser →mag 3.8
41Gam Ser →mag 3.9
Gudja →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Serpens

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.