34 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:09 | Tran: 14:08 | Set: 21:07

Alt: -20.15° Az: 324.24° Direction: North-West

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

34 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, 34 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 34 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 34 Virginis during the next 10000 years (7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 48m 28s

Declination +11° 49’ 24”

Hour Angle 09h 43m 37s

Sideral Time 22h 32m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 47m 13s

Declination +11° 57’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 299°

Galactic Latitude 74.8°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 34 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.07

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.71

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.12

Temperature 8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 34 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 34 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

34 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 34 Virginis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.07

Secondary star magnitude 9.27

Magnitude difference 3.2

Separation 139.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

34 Virginis is distant 243.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 74.57

Distance (light year) 243.10

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.042 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 34 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111164

SAO Catalogue SAO100260

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62394

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+12 2512

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 34 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.2° RISE 7:09

Max altitude: 50.3° TRANSIT 14:08

Azimuth: 281.8° SET 21:07

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Virgo