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27 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:30 | Tran: 12:20 | Set: 19:11
Alt: 33.87°   Az: 119.84°   Direction: East-South-East

27 Virginis is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Virgo.

27 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, 27 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 27 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 27 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-1.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.07 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 42m 49s
+10° 17’ 26”
20h 51m 46s
09h 34m 36s

J2000

12h 41m 34s
+10° 25’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

294.55°
73.14°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 27 Virginis star
Simplified finder chart for 27 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Main-sequence

2.01
A7V
8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

27 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 27 Virginis double sysyem:

6.19
9.99
3.8
85.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Virginis is distant 223.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

68.49
223.29
9 km/s
-0.109 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

27 Virginis
SAO100207
SAO100207

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.7°
Max altitude: 48.8°
Azimuth: 280.3°