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Other stars in Virgo
- Spica
- Vindemiatrix
- Heze
- Minelauva
- Zavijava
- Porrima
- γ Virginis
- 109 Virginis
- μ Virginis
- Zaniah
- ν Virginis
- Syrma
- ο Virginis
- Kang
- τ Virginis
- θ Virginis
- 110 Virginis
- Khambalia
- π Virginis
- χ Virginis
- 74 Virginis
- 61 Virginis
- 69 Virginis
- ψ Virginis
- σ Virginis
- Elgafar
- ξ Virginis
- ρ Virginis
- HR5301
- 78 Virginis
- 16 Virginis
- 89 Virginis
- 70 Virginis
- HR5313
- 82 Virginis
- 53 Virginis
- HR5392
- υ Virginis
- 90 Virginis
- 49 Virginis
- 76 Virginis
- 32 Virginis
- 57 Virginis
- 59 Virginis
- 68 Virginis
- 4 Virginis
- HR5013
- 55 Virginis
- 84 Virginis
- ω Virginis
- 63 Virginis
- 7 Virginis
- 106 Virginis
- HR5332
- 87 Virginis
- 95 Virginis
- 21 Virginis
- 86 Virginis
- HR5573
- HR4587
- HR4957
- 75 Virginis
- HR4935
- 6 Virginis
- 31 Virginis
- 83 Virginis
- HR4544
- 71 Virginis
- HR4998
- 33 Virginis
- HR5037
- 108 Virginis
- HR5594
- HR4807
- 11 Virginis
- 80 Virginis
- 66 Virginis
- HR4986
- HR4960
- 44 Virginis
- 12 Virginis
- 25 Virginis
- 64 Virginis
- 65 Virginis
- HR5355
- 13 Virginis
- HR5317
- HR5106
- 92 Virginis
- HR4837
- HR5584
- HR5418
- 50 Virginis
- HR4722
- 10 Virginis
- HR5059
- 46 Virginis
- HR4901
- HR5205
- 73 Virginis
- HR5424
- 37 Virginis
- HR5178
- HR4770
- HR5496
- HR4510
- 34 Virginis
- 72 Virginis
- HR4657
- 38 Virginis
- HR5342
- HR4533
- HR5631
- HR4478
- HR4580
- HR5086
- 104 Virginis
- HR5536
- HR5368
- HR4772
- HR5233
- 27 Virginis
- 85 Virginis
- HR5033
- HR5344
- HR4484
- HR4598
- HR4746
- HR5275
- 41 Virginis
- HR5031
- HR4856
- 20 Virginis
- HR5384
- HR5277
- HR5283
- 54 Virginis
- HR5272
- HR4555
- HR4591
- HR4959
- HR4805
- HR5183
- HR4854
- HR5322
- HR5014
- HR4741
- HR4613
- HR5276
- HR5258
- 17 Virginis
- HR4877
- 35 Virginis
- HR5078
- HR5307
- HR5341
- HR4896
- HR5053
- HR5331
- HR5353
- 96 Virginis
- HR5114
- HR5087
- HR5163
- HR5202
- HR4678
- HR5284
- 48 Virginis
- HR5021
- HR5005
- HR5101
- HR4677
- HR4808
21 Virginis
21 Virginis is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Virgo.
21 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its reltive faintness, 21 Virginis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.
The table below summarizes the key facts about 21 Virginis:
21 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: 9.1°
Azimuth: 242.1°
Direction: West-South-West
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 21 Virginis
21 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 21 Virginis are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 21 Virginis in the sky:
Visibility of 21 Virginis from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's 21 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of 21 Virginis
The image below is a photograph of 21 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 21 Virginis is -0.08 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.
Distance of 21 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement
21 Virginis is distant 261.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of 21 Virginis
21 Virginis belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 21 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
