16 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:12 | Tran: 21:26 | Set: 3:44

Alt: -7.47° Az: 75.26° Direction: East-North-East

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

16 Virginis visual magnitude is 4.96. Because of its moderate brightness, 16 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 16 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-4.87 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.08 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 21m 38s

Declination +03° 10’ 18”

Hour Angle 16h 55m 15s

Sidereal Time 05h 16m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 20m 21s

Declination +03° 18’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 284.27°

Galactic Latitude 65.05°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.96

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.25

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Virginis is distant 285.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 87.49

Distance (light year) 285.21

Radial Speed 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.292 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.065"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD107328

SAO Catalogue SAO119341

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60172

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 2604

FK5 Catalogue 1317

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.8° RISE 15:12

Max altitude: 41.7° TRANSIT 21:26

Azimuth: 273.2° SET 3:44

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo