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public  Maqian, China Maqian, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Urumqi
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:03 
Sunset: 19:07
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57 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:27 | Tran: 18:33 | Set: 23:39
Alt: 23.34°   Az: 134.85°   Direction: South-East

57 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Virgo.

57 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.22. Because of its faintness, 57 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.

Image of 57 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 57 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 57 Virginis during the next 1000 years (5.10 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.93 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 17m 21s
-20° 04’ 37”
21h 04m 31s
10h 21m 53s

J2000

13h 15m 58s
-19° 56’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

310.77°
42.56°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.22
Giant

2.27
K1III
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 57 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 57 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

57 Virginis is distant 126.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

38.94
126.95
34 km/s
0.306 arcsec/y
-0.116"/y

Alternative Designations

57 Virginis
SAO157823
SAO157823
Gl 503.3

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Maqian, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Urumqi):

Azimuth: 110.1°
Max altitude: 38.3°
Azimuth: 249.9°