Stars in Serpens
The brightest star in Serpens is Unukalhai, at apparent magnitude 2.63 and 74 ly from Earth, one of 40 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 7 of them carrying a name.
Brightest first. A constellation is a direction, not a neighbourhood: these stars share a patch of sky as seen from Earth and can sit thousands of light-years apart. The known worlds in this direction →
| # | Star | Magnitude | Distance | Class | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unukalhai | 2.63 | 74.0 ly | K2III | ~4,375 K |
| 2 | Eta Ser | 3.23 | 60.5 ly | K0III-IV | ~4,889 K |
| 3 | Mu Ser | 3.54 | 170 ly | A0V | ~10,598 K |
| 4 | Xi Ser | 3.54 | 105 ly | F0IIIp | ~7,712 K |
| 5 | Zhou | 3.65 | 155 ly | A3V | ~9,297 K |
| 6 | Epsilon Ser | 3.71 | 70.4 ly | A2m | ~8,597 K |
| 7 | Delta Ser | 3.80 | 228 ly | F0IV | ~7,671 K |
| 8 | Gamma Ser | 3.85 | 36.7 ly | F6V | ~6,490 K |
| 9 | Gudja | 4.09 | 382 ly | M1III | ~3,627 K |
| 10 | Omicron Ser | 4.24 | 173 ly | A2Va | ~9,165 K |
| 11 | Nu Ser | 4.32 | 203 ly | A0/A1V | ~9,686 K |
| 12 | HD 141004 | 4.42 | 38.5 ly | G0Vvar | 5,885 K |
| 13 | Lambda Ser | 4.42 | 39.5 ly | G0Vvar | ~5,952 K |
| 14 | Alya | 4.62 | 155 ly | A5V | ~8,478 K |
| 15 | Alya B | 4.98 | 169 ly | A5Vn | ~8,132 K |
| 16 | ome Ser | 5.22 | 250 ly | G8 III | 4,724 K |
| 17 | HD 167768 | 5.99 | 350 ly | G8 III | 4,851 K |
| 18 | HD 168443 | 6.92 | 129 ly | G5 | 5,491 K |
| 19 | HD 136118 | 6.95 | 168 ly | F7 V | 6,097 K |
| 20 | HD 142245 | 7.46 | 317 ly | K0 | 4,922 K |
| 21 | HD 136925 | 7.91 | 156 ly | G-type | 5,773 K |
| 22 | HD 168746 | 7.95 | 136 ly | G5 | 5,570 K |
| 23 | Alasia | 7.95 | 139 ly | G5 | ~5,558 K |
| 24 | Kaveh | 8.02 | 414 ly | G8V | ~5,081 K |
| 25 | HD 175541 | 8.02 | 423 ly | G8 IV | 5,013 K |
| 26 | HD 167677 | 8.90 | 177 ly | G5 V | 5,474 K |
| 27 | BD+15 2940 | 9.01 | 1,391 ly | K0 | 4,796 K |
| 28 | GJ 740 | 9.22 | 36.2 ly | M1.0 V | 3,913 K |
| 29 | TOI-4029 | 11.55 | 895 ly | G-type | 5,663 K |
| 30 | HAT-P-46 | 12.00 | 948 ly | F-type | 6,120 K |
| 31 | HAT-P-45 | 12.78 | 974 ly | F-type | 6,330 K |
| 32 | CoRoT-11 | 12.90 | 2,136 ly | F6 V | 6,440 K |
| 33 | CoRoT-9 | 13.64 | 1,347 ly | G3 V | 5,625 K |
| 34 | CoRoT-28 | 13.78 | 2,499 ly | G8/9 IV | 5,150 K |
| 35 | CoRoT-22 | 13.82 | 2,046 ly | G3 V | 5,939 K |
| 36 | Ross 508 | 14.18 | 36.6 ly | M4.5 V | 3,071 K |
| 37 | CoRoT-23 | 15.68 | 3,460 ly | G0 V | 5,900 K |
| 38 | CoRoT-27 | 15.77 | 3,295 ly | G2 | 5,900 K |
| 39 | NN Ser | 16.94 | 1,682 ly | WD | 57,000 K |
| 40 | PSR J1719-1438 | – | 3,914 ly | K-type | 4,500 K |
Common questions
What is the brightest star in Serpens?
The brightest star in Serpens is Unukalhai, at apparent magnitude 2.63 and 74 ly from Earth, one of 40 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 7 of them carrying a name.
What is the nearest star in Serpens?
The nearest of them is GJ 740, 36 ly away.