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46 Virginis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:04 | Tran: 14:45 | Set: 20:25
Alt: -16.24°   Az: 285.30°   Direction: West-North-West

46 Virginis is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Virgo.

46 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, 46 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 46 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 46 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 46 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 01m 52s
-03° 30’ 04”
07h 27m 38s
20h 29m 30s

J2000

13h 00m 35s
-03° 22’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

307.43°
59.42°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 46 Virginis star
Simplified finder chart for 46 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99
Giant

0.87
K2III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 46 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 46 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

46 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 46 Virginis double sysyem:

5.99
9.89
3.9
1.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

46 Virginis is distant 344.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

105.60
344.24
23 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

46 Virginis
SAO139096
SAO139096

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 46 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.5°
Max altitude: 35.0°
Azimuth: 266.5°