37 Virginis
37 Virginis is a giant star in the constellation of Virgo.
37 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its reltive faintness, 37 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 37 Virginis:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 37 Virginis
37 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 37 Virginis are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 37 Virginis in the sky:
Visibility of 37 Virginis from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's 37 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of 37 Virginis
The image below is a photograph of 37 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 37 Virginis is -0.035 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.
Distance of 37 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement
37 Virginis is distant 582.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of 37 Virginis
37 Virginis belongs to spectral class K4
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
