55 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:22 | Tran: 14:31 | Set: 18:40

Alt: -57.90° Az: 14.95° Direction: North-North-East

55 Virginis is a main-sequence star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Virgo.

55 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.33. Because of its faintness, 55 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.

DSS2 image of 55 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 55 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-2.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.78 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 15m 30s

Declination -20° 03’ 40”

Hour Angle 12h 33m 33s

Sideral Time 01h 49m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 14m 10s

Declination -19° 55’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 310.21°

Galactic Latitude 42.62°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 55 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.33

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.40

Spectral Type G6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.87

Temperature 5078K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 55 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 55 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

55 Virginis is distant 125.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 38.62

Distance (light year) 125.92

Radial Speed -45 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.122 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.167"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 55 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114946

SAO Catalogue SAO157806

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64577

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 3651

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 55 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.1° RISE 10:22

Max altitude: 18.5° TRANSIT 14:31

Azimuth: 249.9° SET 18:40

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

Location

Other stars in Virgo