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34 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:56 | Tran: 2:59 | Set: 9:57
Alt: 2.15°   Az: 73.62°   Direction: East-North-East

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.

Image of 34 Virginis star
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

12h 48m 29s
+11° 49’ 16”
17h 13m 30s
06h 01m 59s

J2000

12h 47m 13s
+11° 57’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

299°
74.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 34 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Main-sequence

1.71
A3V
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 34 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR 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:

6.07
9.27
3.2
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.

74.57
243.10
-2 km/s
0.042 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

34 Virginis
SAO100260
SAO100260

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°
Max altitude: 50.3°
Azimuth: 281.8°