55 Virginis

Altitude: -11.8° Azimuth: 252.7° Direction: West-South-West

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

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

Color of 55 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 55 Virginis 5.33

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

55 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -11.8°
Azimuth: 252.7°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 55 Virginis

55 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 55 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 14m 10s

Declination J2000 -19° 55’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 310.21°

Galactic Latitude 42.62°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 55 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 55 Virginis.

Visibility of 55 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 55 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: 109.9° RISE 17:00

Max altitude: 18.6° TRANSIT 21:10

Azimuth: 250.1° SET 1:24

RIGHT NOW 55 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 55 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 55 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 55 Virginis is -0.122 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.167 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 55 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 125.92 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -45 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.122 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.167 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 55 Virginis

55 Virginis belongs to spectral class G6 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 2.40

Spectral Type G6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.87

Temperature of 55 Virginis 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

Alternative designations of 55 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 55 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114946

SAO Catalogue SAO157806

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64577

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 3651

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo