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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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20 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:59 | Tran: 2:52 | Set: 9:42
Alt: 25.52°   Az: 253.39°   Direction: West-South-West

20 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Virgo.

20 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, 20 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 20 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 20 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 34m 19s
+10° 09’ 25”
04h 05m 52s
16h 40m 11s

J2000

12h 33m 02s
+10° 17’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

287.63°
72.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 20 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Giant

0.46
G8III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

20 Virginis is distant 471.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

144.51
471.10
1 km/s
-0.051 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

20 Virginis
SAO100146
SAO100146

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 20 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.8°
Max altitude: 48.7°
Azimuth: 280.2°