7 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:44 | Tran: 19:00 | Set: 1:20

Alt: -9.06° Az: 72.55° Direction: South-West

7 Virginis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Virgo.

7 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, 7 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 7 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 01m 15s

Declination +03° 30’ 48”

Hour Angle 16h 42m 50s

Sidereal Time 04h 44m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 59m 56s

Declination +03° 39’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 273.05°

Galactic Latitude 63.5°

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Finder chart for 7 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Virginis is distant 276.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 84.75

Distance (light year) 276.27

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 7 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD104181

SAO Catalogue SAO119156

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58510

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 2556

FK5 Catalogue 2960

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.5° RISE 12:44

Max altitude: 42.0° TRANSIT 19:00

Azimuth: 273.5° SET 1:20

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo