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public  Lopez, Philippines Lopez, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:31 
Transit: 11:56 
Sunset: 18:22
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69 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:15 | Tran: 17:57 | Set: 23:39
Alt: 19.82°   Az: 246.87°   Direction: West-South-West

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.

Image of 69 Virginis star
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

13h 28m 49s
-16° 06’ 19”
04h 16m 53s
17h 45m 42s

J2000

13h 27m 27s
-15° 58’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

315.45°
46.02°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.76
Hypergiant

0.27
K0III
4537K

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

HR 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.

79.18
258.12
-14 km/s
-0.119 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

69 Virginis
SAO157946
SAO157946
Gl 511.2

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Lopez, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 106.1°
Max altitude: 60.0°
Azimuth: 253.9°