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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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21 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:30 | Tran: 21:40 | Set: 2:53
Alt: 12.90°   Az: 124.22°   Direction: South-East

21 Virginis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Virgo.

21 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, 21 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 21 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 21 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 21 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 35m 05s
-09° 35’ 29”
20h 20m 40s
08h 55m 45s

J2000

12h 33m 46s
-09° 27’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

295.66°
53.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 21 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Hypergiant

0.96
A0V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 21 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 21 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

80.19
261.43
-11 km/s
-0.08 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

21 Virginis
SAO138845
SAO138845

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 21 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.6°
Max altitude: 28.9°
Azimuth: 260.4°