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35 Virginis

Altitude: 1.0°   Azimuth: 274.5°   Direction: West

35 Virginis is a variable giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

35 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its reltive faintness, 35 Virginis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 35 Virginis:

6.41
Giant

35 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 1.0°
Azimuth: 274.5°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 35 Virginis

35 Virginis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 35 Virginis are provided in the following table:

12h 47m 51s
+03° 34’ 22”
300.7°
66.43°
Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 35 Virginis in the sky:

Finder chart 35 Virginis star
Simplified finder chart for 35 Virginis.

Visibility of 35 Virginis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 35 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.4°
Max altitude: 42.1°
Azimuth: 273.6°
35 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 35 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 35 Virginis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 35 Virginis is -0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 35 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 35 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 35 Virginis during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 35 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

35 Virginis is distant 573.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

176.06 pc
573.94 ly
8 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/year
-0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 35 Virginis

35 Virginis belongs to spectral class M3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.18
M3III
3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 35 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 35 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 35 Virginis

35 Virginis
SAO119596
SAO119596