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31 Virginis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:34 | Tran: 3:09 | Set: 9:41
Alt: -18.12°   Az: 307.40°   Direction: North-West

31 Virginis is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Virgo.

31 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, 31 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 31 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 31 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 31 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-11.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 43m 13s
+06° 40’ 09”
08h 42m 04s
21h 25m 18s

J2000

12h 41m 57s
+06° 48’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

296.18°
69.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 31 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Main-sequence

1.22
A2V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 31 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 31 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

31 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 31 Virginis double sysyem:

5.59
11.39
5.8
4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

31 Virginis is distant 243.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

74.79
243.83
4 km/s
-0.068 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

31 Virginis
SAO119538
SAO119538

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 31 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.3°
Max altitude: 45.2°
Azimuth: 276.7°