12 Virginis

12 Virginis is a star in the constellation of Virgo.

12 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its reltive faintness, 12 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 12 Virginis:

Color of 12 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 12 Virginis 5.85

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 12 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 12 Virginis

12 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 12 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 13m 25s

Declination J2000 +10° 15’ 43”

Galactic Longitude 273.17°

Galactic Latitude 70.9°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 12 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 12 Virginis.

Visibility of 12 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 12 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: 79.7° RISE 13:35

Max altitude: 48.8° TRANSIT 20:25

Azimuth: 280.3° SET 3:19

RIGHT NOW 12 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 12 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 12 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 12 Virginis is -0.091 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 12 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-1.52 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 12 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

12 Virginis is distant 161.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.55 pc

Distance (light year) 161.55 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.091 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 12 Virginis

12 Virginis belongs to spectral class A2

Absolute magnitude 2.37

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.27

Temperature of 12 Virginis 7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 12 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 12 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD106251

SAO Catalogue SAO99997

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59608

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 2440

Gliese Catalogue NN 3716

FK5 Catalogue 2978

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo