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37 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:02 | Tran: 3:19 | Set: 9:31
Alt: 41.32°   Az: 174.65°   Direction: South

37 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Virgo.

37 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, 37 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 37 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 37 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 52m 53s
+02° 55’ 13”
23h 43m 54s
12h 36m 47s

J2000

12h 51m 36s
+03° 03’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

303.04°
65.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 37 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Giant

-0.24
K4
4139K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

178.57
582.14
3 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/y
0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

37 Virginis
SAO119633
SAO119633

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 37 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.1°
Max altitude: 41.4°
Azimuth: 272.9°