57 Virginis

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

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

Color of 57 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 57 Virginis 5.22

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 57 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 57 Virginis

57 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 57 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 15m 58s

Declination J2000 -19° 56’ 35”

Galactic Longitude 310.77°

Galactic Latitude 42.56°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 57 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 57 Virginis.

Visibility of 57 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 57 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 17:33

Max altitude: 18.6° TRANSIT 21:43

Azimuth: 250.1° SET 1:57

RIGHT NOW 57 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 57 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 57 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 57 Virginis is 0.306 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.116 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 57 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 38.94 pc

Distance (light year) 126.95 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 34 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.306 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.116 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 57 Virginis

57 Virginis belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.27

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature of 57 Virginis 4672K

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

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

Alternative designations of 57 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 57 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD115202

SAO Catalogue SAO157823

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64725

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 3653

Gliese Catalogue Gl 503.3

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo