66 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:26 | Tran: 22:58 | Set: 4:33

Alt: -8.56° Az: 272.25° Direction: 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.

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

Right Ascension 13h 25m 52s

Declination -05° 17’ 43”

Hour Angle 06h 28m 24s

Sidereal Time 19h 54m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 24m 33s

Declination -05° 09’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 318.08°

Galactic Latitude 56.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 66 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.36

Spectral Type F3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.42

Temperature 6776K

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

Distance (parsec) 30.09

Distance (light year) 98.10

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.159 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 66 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD116568

SAO Catalogue SAO139324

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65420

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 3472

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 95.3° RISE 17:26

Max altitude: 33.2° TRANSIT 22:58

Azimuth: 264.7° SET 4:33

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo