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TimezoneAmerica/Los_Angeles
Sunrise: 5:57 
Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 20:30
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68 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:01 | Tran: 19:23 | Set: 0:41
Alt: 30.90°   Az: 218.34°   Direction: South-West

68 Virginis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Virgo.

68 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, 68 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 68 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 68 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 68 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 28m 04s
-12° 50’ 22”
02h 12m 21s
15h 40m 25s

J2000

13h 26m 43s
-12° 42’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

316.18°
49.25°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Hypergiant

-0.70
M0III
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 68 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 68 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

68 Virginis is distant 504.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

154.80
504.64
-29 km/s
-0.13 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

68 Virginis
SAO157938
SAO157938

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 68 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 102.8°
Max altitude: 39.7°
Azimuth: 257.2°