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:

Color of 37 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 37 Virginis 6.02

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 37 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 4°.

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:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 51m 36s

Declination J2000 +03° 03’ 24”

Galactic Longitude 303.04°

Galactic Latitude 65.93°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 37 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 37 Virginis.

Visibility of 37 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 37 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: 86.9° RISE 14:54

Max altitude: 41.6° TRANSIT 21:07

Azimuth: 273.1° SET 3:24

RIGHT NOW 37 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

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.

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);

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.

Distance (parsec) 178.57 pc

Distance (light year) 582.14 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.035 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 37 Virginis

37 Virginis belongs to spectral class K4

Absolute magnitude -0.24

Spectral Type K4

Color Index (B-V) 1.29

Temperature of 37 Virginis 4139K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Alternative designations of 37 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 37 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111765

SAO Catalogue SAO119633

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62757

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 2703

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo