48 Virginis

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:05 | Tran: 14:44 | Set: 20:23

Alt: 22.76° Az: 230.04° Direction: South-West

48 Virginis is a double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Virgo.

48 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, 48 Virginis is not visible to the naked eye.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 05m 10s

Declination -03° 47’ 43”

Hour Angle 03h 00m 24s

Sideral Time 16h 05m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 03m 54s

Declination -03° 39’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 308.99°

Galactic Latitude 59.06°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 48 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.59

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.11

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.29

Temperature 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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 407.50

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.035 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 48 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD113459

SAO Catalogue SAO139131

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP63750

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 3622

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS8759

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.8° RISE 9:05

Max altitude: 34.7° TRANSIT 14:44

Azimuth: 266.2° SET 20:23

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Virgo