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Star in the constellation Serpens
10 Serpentis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 15 28 38.23670
Declination +01° 50′ 31.4852″
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.15
Characteristics
Spectral type A6 III or A7 IV
B−V color index 0.245±0.005
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−10.2±2.8 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −85.35 mas/yr
Dec.: −34.31 mas/yr
Parallax (π)25.16 ± 0.31 mas
Distance130 ± 2 ly
(39.7 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.15
Details
Mass1.64 M
Luminosity11.9±0.4 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.24±0.14 cgs
Temperature7,872±268 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)110 km/s
Age424 Myr
Other designations
10 Ser, BD+02° 2965, FK5 3221, HD 137898, HIP 75761, HR 5746, SAO 121020
Database references
SIMBADdata

10 Serpentis is a single, white-hued star in Serpens Caput, the western section of the equatorial constellation of Serpens. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.15. Located around 129 ly (39.7 pc) distant, it is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s and will make its closest approach in around 983,000 years at a separation of about 112 ly (34.2 pc).

Abt and Morrell (1995) gave this star a stellar classification of A6 III, matching an evolved red giant star that has used up its core hydrogen. In contrast, Houk and Swift (1999) classed it A7 IV, which is more in line with an evolving subgiant star that is on its way to becoming a giant. It has a high rate of spin with a projected rotational velocity of 115 km/s, giving it an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 7% larger than the polar radius. The star is about 424 million years old with 1.64 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 12 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of roughly 7,872 K.

References

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