11 Virginis

Altitude: 39.9° Azimuth: 147.0° Direction: South-South-East

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

11 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its reltive faintness, 11 Virginis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 11 Virginis:

Color of 11 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 11 Virginis 5.72

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

11 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 39.9°
Azimuth: 147.0°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 11 Virginis

11 Virginis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 11 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 10m 03s

Declination J2000 +05° 48’ 24”

Galactic Longitude 276.3°

Galactic Latitude 66.52°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 11 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 11 Virginis.

Visibility of 11 Virginis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 84.2° RISE 13:50

Max altitude: 44.3° TRANSIT 20:18

Azimuth: 275.8° SET 2:49

RIGHT NOW 11 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 11 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 11 Virginis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 11 Virginis is -0.158 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 11 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 43.84 pc

Distance (light year) 142.92 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.158 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 11 Virginis

11 Virginis belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.51

Spectral Type F2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.35

Temperature of 11 Virginis 7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Alternative designations of 11 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 11 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD105702

SAO Catalogue SAO119249

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59309

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+06 2559

FK5 Catalogue 2973

In Evidence

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