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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:51 
Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 21:17
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6 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:20 | Tran: 18:00 | Set: 0:40
Alt: 39.79°   Az: 221.89°   Direction: South-West

6 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

6 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, 6 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 6 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 6 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 56m 21s
+08° 18’ 06”
02h 04m 55s
14h 01m 16s

J2000

11h 55m 03s
+08° 26’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

264.79°
67.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 6 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Giant

2.02
K0
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Virginis is distant 167.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

51.41
167.61
-10 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO119111
SAO119111

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.7°
Max altitude: 46.8°
Azimuth: 278.3°