65 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:56 | Tran: 14:28 | Set: 20:01

Alt: -18.31° Az: 285.47° Direction: West-North-West

65 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Virgo.

65 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, 65 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 65 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 65 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 24m 35s

Declination -05° 03’ 10”

Hour Angle 07h 33m 07s

Sideral Time 20h 57m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 23m 18s

Declination -04° 55’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 317.64°

Galactic Latitude 57.03°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 65 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.89

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.87

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.43

Temperature 3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 65 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 65 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

65 Virginis is distant 1,160.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 355.87

Distance (light year) 1,160.14

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 65 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD116365

SAO Catalogue SAO139308

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65323

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 3469

FK5 Catalogue 3069

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 65 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.1° RISE 8:56

Max altitude: 33.5° TRANSIT 14:28

Azimuth: 264.9° SET 20:01

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Virgo