13 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:15 | Tran: 21:09 | Set: 3:06

Alt: -11.15° Az: 282.77° Direction: West-North-West

13 Virginis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Virgo.

13 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, 13 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.

DSS2 image of 13 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Virginis during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 19m 58s

Declination -00° 55’ 41”

Hour Angle 07h 07m 27s

Sidereal Time 19h 27m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 18m 40s

Declination -00° 47’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 285.85°

Galactic Latitude 60.99°

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Finder chart for 13 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.90

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature 8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Virginis is distant 326.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 100.00

Distance (light year) 326.00

Radial Speed -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD107070

SAO Catalogue SAO138710

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60030

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 2920

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.9° RISE 15:15

Max altitude: 37.6° TRANSIT 21:09

Azimuth: 269.1° SET 3:06

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo