16 Virginis

Altitude: -1.5° Azimuth: 277.2° Direction: West

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

16 Virginis visual magnitude is 4.96. Because of its moderate brightness, 16 Virginis should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 16 Virginis:

Color of 16 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 16 Virginis 4.96

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

16 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -1.5°
Azimuth: 277.2°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 16 Virginis

16 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 16 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 20m 21s

Declination J2000 +03° 18’ 45”

Galactic Longitude 284.27°

Galactic Latitude 65.05°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 16 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 16 Virginis.

Visibility of 16 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 16 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: 86.7° RISE 13:54

Max altitude: 41.8° TRANSIT 20:08

Azimuth: 273.3° SET 2:27

RIGHT NOW 16 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 16 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 16 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 16 Virginis is -0.292 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.065 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 16 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 285.21 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.292 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.065 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 16 Virginis

16 Virginis belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.25

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature of 16 Virginis 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

Alternative designations of 16 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 16 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD107328

SAO Catalogue SAO119341

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60172

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 2604

FK5 Catalogue 1317

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo