59 Virginis

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:18 | Tran: 8:03 | Set: 14:49

Alt: 35.32° Az: 235.08° Direction: South-West

59 Virginis is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Virgo.

59 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.22. Because of its faintness, 59 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 59 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-5.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 18m 01s

Declination +09° 17’ 35”

Hour Angle 02h 50m 43s

Sidereal Time 16h 08m 44s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 16m 46s

Declination +09° 25’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 322.8°

Galactic Latitude 71.31°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.22

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.95

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.59

Temperature 6007K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

59 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 59 Virginis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.22

Secondary star magnitude 14.32

Magnitude difference 9.1

Separation 34.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Virginis is distant 58.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 17.95

Distance (light year) 58.52

Radial Speed -26 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.334 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.19"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 59 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD115383

SAO Catalogue SAO119847

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64792

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+10 2531

Gliese Catalogue Gl 504

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 59 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.7° RISE 1:18

Max altitude: 47.8° TRANSIT 8:03

Azimuth: 279.3° SET 14:49

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo