25 Virginis

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:46 | Tran: 22:14 | Set: 3:46

Alt: 20.43° Az: 130.26° Direction: South-East

25 Virginis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Virgo.

25 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, 25 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.

DSS2 image of 25 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 38m 05s

Declination -05° 58’ 16”

Hour Angle 20h 56m 06s

Sidereal Time 09h 34m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 36m 47s

Declination -05° 49’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 296.26°

Galactic Latitude 56.85°

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Finder chart for 25 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.87

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.68

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.07

Temperature 9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Virginis is distant 224.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 68.78

Distance (light year) 224.21

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 25 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD109704

SAO Catalogue SAO138873

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP61558

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 3535

FK5 Catalogue 1324

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 25 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.0° RISE 16:46

Max altitude: 32.5° TRANSIT 22:14

Azimuth: 264.0° SET 3:46

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo