41 Virginis

41 Virginis is a giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

41 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its reltive faintness, 41 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 41 Virginis:

Color of 41 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 41 Virginis 6.25

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 41 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 41 Virginis

41 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 41 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 53m 49s

Declination J2000 +12° 25’ 06”

Galactic Longitude 305.23°

Galactic Latitude 75.28°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 41 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 41 Virginis.

Visibility of 41 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 41 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: 77.6° RISE 14:23

Max altitude: 50.9° TRANSIT 21:25

Azimuth: 282.4° SET 4:31

RIGHT NOW 41 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 41 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 41 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 41 Virginis is 0.051 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.024 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 41 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 41 Virginis during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 41 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

41 Virginis is distant 198.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 60.98 pc

Distance (light year) 198.78 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.051 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.024 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 41 Virginis

41 Virginis belongs to spectral class A7 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.32

Spectral Type A7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.27

Temperature of 41 Virginis 7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 41 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 41 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 41 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 41 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD112097

SAO Catalogue SAO100322

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62933

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+13 2602

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo