104 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:54 | Tran: 23:21 | Set: 4:52

Alt: -38.45° Az: 320.80° Direction: North-West

104 Virginis is a sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Virgo.

104 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, 104 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.

DSS2 image of 104 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 104 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 28m 44s

Declination -06° 13’ 59”

Hour Angle 10h 00m 32s

Sidereal Time 00h 29m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 27m 24s

Declination -06° 07’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 341.39°

Galactic Latitude 49.45°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.17

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 1.87

Spectral Type A2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.09

Temperature 9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 104 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 104 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

104 Virginis is distant 235.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 72.31

Distance (light year) 235.72

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.071 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.058"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 104 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD126722

SAO Catalogue SAO139942

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP70680

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 3880

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 104 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.2° RISE 17:54

Max altitude: 32.3° TRANSIT 23:21

Azimuth: 263.8° SET 4:52

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo