63 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:00 | Tran: 20:23 | Set: 0:46

Alt: -38.46° Az: 68.37° Direction: South-West

63 Virginis is a variable giant star of spectral class K in the constellation of Virgo.

63 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, 63 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 63 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 24m 23s

Declination -17° 52’ 03”

Hour Angle 15h 19m 34s

Sidereal Time 04h 43m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 23m 01s

Declination -17° 44’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 313.5°

Galactic Latitude 44.49°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.37

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.41

Spectral Type KIII

Color Index (B-V) 0.99

Temperature 4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

63 Virginis is distant 319.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 98.04

Distance (light year) 319.61

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.047 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 63 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD116292

SAO Catalogue SAO157899

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65301

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 3650

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6213

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 63 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.9° RISE 16:00

Max altitude: 20.7° TRANSIT 20:23

Azimuth: 252.1° SET 0:46

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo