69 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:12 | Tran: 22:45 | Set: 3:22

Alt: -50.54° Az: 34.38° Direction: North-East

69 Virginis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

69 Virginis visual magnitude is 4.76. Because of its moderate brightness, 69 Virginis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 69 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 69 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-1.98 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 28m 48s

Declination -16° 06’ 16”

Hour Angle 13h 27m 44s

Sidereal Time 02h 56m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 27m 27s

Declination -15° 58’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 315.45°

Galactic Latitude 46.02°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.76

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.27

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.09

Temperature 4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 69 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 69 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

69 Virginis is distant 258.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 79.18

Distance (light year) 258.12

Radial Speed -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.119 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 69 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD116976

SAO Catalogue SAO157946

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65639

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 3668

Gliese Catalogue Gl 511.2

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6253

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.1° RISE 18:12

Max altitude: 22.4° TRANSIT 22:45

Azimuth: 253.9° SET 3:22

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo