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10 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:57 | Tran: 21:04 | Set: 3:14
Alt: 7.35°   Az: 263.55°   Direction: West

10 Virginis is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Virgo.

10 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 10 Virginis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 10 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 10 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Virginis during the next 1000 years (0.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.97 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 10m 59s
+01° 45’ 23”
05h 21m 33s
17h 32m 32s

J2000

12h 09m 41s
+01° 53’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

279.54°
62.86°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

1.34
K3III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

10 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 10 Virginis double sysyem:

5.95
13.25
7.3
39.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Virginis is distant 273.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

83.75
273.03
3 km/s
0.043 arcsec/y
-0.178"/y

Alternative Designations

10 Virginis
SAO119245
SAO119245

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.2°
Max altitude: 40.3°
Azimuth: 271.8°