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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:08 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:20
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17 Virginis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:02 | Tran: 2:30 | Set: 8:54
Alt: -16.53°   Az: 58.42°   Direction: East-North-East

17 Virginis is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Virgo.

17 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, 17 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 17 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 17 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-2.77 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.88 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 23m 48s
+05° 09’ 58”
15h 40m 20s
04h 04m 09s

J2000

12h 22m 32s
+05° 18’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

284.15°
67.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 17 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Main-sequence

4.03
F8V
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

17 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 17 Virginis double sysyem:

6.4
9.4
3
20.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Virginis is distant 97.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

29.82
97.23
5 km/s
-0.166 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

17 Virginis
SAO119360
SAO119360

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.8°
Max altitude: 43.7°
Azimuth: 275.2°