110 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:41 | Tran: 23:49 | Set: 6:01

Alt: -2.42° Az: 276.26° Direction: West

110 Virginis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

110 Virginis visual magnitude is 4.4. Because of its moderate brightness, 110 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 110 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 110 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 04m 11s

Declination +01° 59’ 34”

Hour Angle 06h 25m 36s

Sidereal Time 21h 29m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 02m 53s

Declination +02° 05’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 0.07°

Galactic Latitude 49.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 110 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.4

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.65

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 110 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 110 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

110 Virginis is distant 183.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 56.24

Distance (light year) 183.35

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.054 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 110 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD133165

SAO Catalogue SAO120809

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73620

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 2905

FK5 Catalogue 3190

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 110 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.0° RISE 17:41

Max altitude: 40.5° TRANSIT 23:49

Azimuth: 272.0° SET 6:01

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo