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Sunrise: 7:15 
Transit: 12:47 
Sunset: 18:17
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33 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:47 | Tran: 12:33 | Set: 19:19
Alt: 11.35°   Az: 270.89°   Direction: West

33 Virginis is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Virgo.

33 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, 33 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 33 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 33 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 33 Virginis during the next 1000 years (4.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.43 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 47m 37s
+09° 24’ 17”
05h 34m 15s
18h 21m 52s

J2000

12h 46m 22s
+09° 32’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

298.79°
72.38°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 33 Virginis star
Simplified finder chart for 33 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Giant

2.42
K1III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 33 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 33 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

33 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 33 Virginis double sysyem:

5.67
8.77
3.1
171.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

33 Virginis is distant 145.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 52 kilometers per second.

44.72
145.80
52 km/s
0.277 arcsec/y
-0.446"/y

Alternative Designations

33 Virginis
SAO119580
SAO119580

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 33 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.6°
Max altitude: 47.9°
Azimuth: 279.4°