49 Virginis

Altitude: 11.8° Azimuth: 235.4° Direction: South-West

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

49 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.19. Because of its reltive faintness, 49 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 49 Virginis:

Color of 49 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 49 Virginis 5.19

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

49 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 11.8°
Azimuth: 235.4°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 49 Virginis

49 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 49 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 07m 53s

Declination J2000 -10° 44’ 25”

Galactic Longitude 309.5°

Galactic Latitude 51.92°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 49 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 49 Virginis.

Visibility of 49 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 49 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: 100.7° RISE 3:32

Max altitude: 27.8° TRANSIT 8:35

Azimuth: 259.3° SET 13:39

Digitized Sky Survey image of 49 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 49 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 49 Virginis is 0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 49 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Virginis during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 49 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

49 Virginis is distant 305.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.81 pc

Distance (light year) 305.82 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 49 Virginis

49 Virginis belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.33

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.14

Temperature of 49 Virginis 4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 49 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 49 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114038

SAO Catalogue SAO157739

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64078

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 3628

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