48 Virginis

48 Virginis is a double hypergiant star in the constellation of Virgo.

48 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its reltive faintness, 48 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 48 Virginis:

Color of 48 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 48 Virginis 6.59

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 48 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 48 Virginis

48 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 48 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 03m 54s

Declination J2000 -03° 39’ 47”

Galactic Longitude 308.99°

Galactic Latitude 59.06°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 48 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 48 Virginis.

Visibility of 48 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 48 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: 93.7° RISE 15:36

Max altitude: 34.9° TRANSIT 21:15

Azimuth: 266.3° SET 2:59

RIGHT NOW 48 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 48 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 48 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 48 Virginis is -0.035 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.036 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 48 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 48 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

48 Virginis is distant 407.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.00 pc

Distance (light year) 407.50 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.035 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.036 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 48 Virginis

48 Virginis belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.11

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.29

Temperature of 48 Virginis 7526K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

48 Virginis star system properties

48 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 48 Virginis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.59

Secondary star magnitude 6.89

Magnitude difference 0.3

Separation 0.6 arcsec

Alternative designations of 48 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 48 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD113459

SAO Catalogue SAO139131

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP63750

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 3622

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS8759

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo