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Sunrise: 4:38 
Transit: 13:08 
Sunset: 21:37
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66 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:16 | Tran: 19:45 | Set: 1:18
Alt: 17.49°   Az: 233.20°   Direction: South-West

66 Virginis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Virgo.

66 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, 66 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 66 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 66 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 66 Virginis during the next 1000 years (2.65 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 25m 52s
-05° 17’ 46”
03h 20m 20s
16h 46m 13s

J2000

13h 24m 33s
-05° 09’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

318.08°
56.73°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Main-sequence

3.36
F3V
6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 66 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 66 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

66 Virginis is distant 98.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

30.09
98.10
14 km/s
0.159 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

66 Virginis
SAO139324
SAO139324

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 66 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Strensall, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.3°
Max altitude: 30.7°
Azimuth: 264.7°