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Star in the constellation Serpens This article is about A Serpentis. For other stars with this Bayer designation, see A Serpentis.
11 Serpentis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 15 32 57.93765
Declination −01° 11′ 11.0412″
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.497
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage horizontal branch
Spectral type K0 III
B−V color index 1.092
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−16.1±2.8 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −17.765 mas/yr
Dec.: −42.217 mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.0563 ± 0.1290 mas
Distance271 ± 3 ly
(82.9 ± 0.9 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.83
Details
Mass1.27±0.35 M
Radius11 R
Luminosity50 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.48±0.11 cgs
Temperature4,767±92 K
Metallicity −0.13 dex
Age2.75+0.88
−0.66 Gyr
Other designations
A Ser, 11 Ser, BD−00°2982, FK5 3226, GC 20896, HD 138562, HIP 76133, HR 5772, SAO 140596
Database references
SIMBADdata

11 Serpentis is a single star in the constellation of Serpens, located 271 light years away from the Sun. It has the Bayer designation A Serpentis, 11 Serpentis is the Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.497. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −16 km/s.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III, a star that has used up its core hydrogen and has expanded. It is a red clump giant on the horizontal branch, which indicates it is generating energy through the fusion of helium at its core. 11 Serpentis is 2.75 billion years old with 1.3 times the mass of the Sun and has 11 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 50 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,767 K.

References

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