Nu Serpentis [SEP] constellation
Nu Serpentis
Nu Serpentis (ν Ser, ν Serpentis) is a solitary star in the constellation Serpens. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 16.05 mas as seen from Earth, it is about 203 light years from the Sun.
This is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +4.32. It has an optical companion, a magnitude +9.4 star at an angular separation of 46 arcseconds.
part of (), meaning "Left Wall of Heavenly Market Enclosure." The stars in this group include ν Ophiuchi, δ Herculis, λ Herculis, μ Herculis, ο Herculis, 112 Herculis, ζ Aquilae, θ Serpentis, η Serpentis, ξ Serpentis and η Ophiuchi. Consequently, ν Ophiuchi itself is known as (, ), and together with ζ Capricorni represents the state Yan (燕) in the "Twelve States" constellation.
See also.
- Nu Ophiuchi in fiction
- Tau Geminorum