109 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:37 | Tran: 23:44 | Set: 5:55

Alt: -22.90° Az: 305.80° Direction: North-West

109 Virginis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Virgo.

109 Virginis visual magnitude is 3.72. Because of its moderate brightness, 109 Virginis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 109 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 109 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-1.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.43 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 47m 32s

Declination +01° 47’ 14”

Hour Angle 08h 46m 29s

Sidereal Time 23h 34m 01s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 46m 14s

Declination +01° 53’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.28°

Galactic Latitude 52.68°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.72

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.74

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 109 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 109 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

109 Virginis is distant 128.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 39.45

Distance (light year) 128.60

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.114 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 109 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD130109

SAO Catalogue SAO120648

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72220

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 2862

FK5 Catalogue 547

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6794

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 109 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.2° RISE 17:37

Max altitude: 40.3° TRANSIT 23:44

Azimuth: 271.8° SET 5:55

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo