38 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:47 | Tran: 22:26 | Set: 4:10

Alt: -14.66° Az: 77.18° Direction: East-North-East

38 Virginis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Virgo.

38 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, 38 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.

DSS2 image of 38 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-4.37 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 54m 29s

Declination -03° 41’ 25”

Hour Angle 16h 43m 50s

Sidereal Time 05h 38m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 53m 11s

Declination -03° 33’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 303.79°

Galactic Latitude 59.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 38 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.11

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.55

Spectral Type F5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.5

Temperature 6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Virginis is distant 106.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 32.52

Distance (light year) 106.02

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.262 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 38 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111998

SAO Catalogue SAO139022

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62875

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 3593

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9421

FK5 Catalogue 3025

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.7° RISE 16:47

Max altitude: 34.8° TRANSIT 22:26

Azimuth: 266.3° SET 4:10

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo