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Constellations

Serpens (Ser)

The Serpent

Also known as serpent, serpens caput, serpens cauda.

6 looks for Serpens

The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.

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About Serpens

What it is
One of the IAU's constellations: The Serpent
IAU abbreviation
Ser
Its stars are named
Serpentis (as in "Alpha Serpentis")
Family
Hercules family
Where
Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
Highest in the sky
At about 9 pm in July
Centre
Right ascension 16h 46m, declination +2° 55′
The figure
14 stars joined by 13 lines
Brightest star
Sabik, magnitude 2.43

Its stars

Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.

  • Sabik (η Oph)mag 2.43
  • Unukalhai (α Ser)mag 2.65
  • Yed Prior (δ Oph)mag 2.74
  • Nasak Yamani (δ Ser)mag 3.05
  • η Sermag 3.26
  • Sinistra (ν Oph)mag 3.34
  • ξ Sermag 3.54
  • Nasak Shamiya (β Ser)mag 3.67
  • ε Sermag 3.71
  • γ Sermag 3.85
  • Alya (θ1 Ser)mag 4.03
  • Gudja (κ Ser)mag 4.09
  • ι Sermag 4.52
  • τ Ophmag 4.78

Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation