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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.

Image of 13 Virginis star
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

12h 19m 58s
-00° 55’ 41”
07h 07m 27s
19h 27m 26s

J2000

12h 18m 40s
-00° 47’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

285.85°
60.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 13 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Main-sequence

0.90
A5V
8403K

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

HR 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.

100.00
326.00
-14 km/s
0.029 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

13 Virginis
SAO138710
SAO138710

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°
Max altitude: 37.6°
Azimuth: 269.1°