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11 Virginis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:43 | Tran: 2:14 | Set: 8:40
Alt: -1.79°   Az: 281.41°   Direction: West-North-West

11 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Virgo.

11 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 11 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 11 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 11 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-2.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 11m 20s
+05° 40’ 01”
06h 40m 18s
18h 51m 38s

J2000

12h 10m 03s
+05° 48’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

276.3°
66.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 11 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
Giant

2.51
F2III
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Virginis is distant 142.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

43.84
142.92
-9 km/s
-0.158 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

11 Virginis
SAO119249
SAO119249

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.3°
Max altitude: 44.2°
Azimuth: 275.7°