7 Virginis

Altitude: 37.3° Azimuth: 214.0° Direction: South-West

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

7 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its reltive faintness, 7 Virginis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 7 Virginis:

Color of 7 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 7 Virginis 5.37

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

7 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 37.3°
Azimuth: 214.0°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 7 Virginis

7 Virginis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 7 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 59m 56s

Declination J2000 +03° 39’ 19”

Galactic Longitude 273.05°

Galactic Latitude 63.5°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 7 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 7 Virginis.

Visibility of 7 Virginis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 86.3° RISE 1:11

Max altitude: 42.2° TRANSIT 7:28

Azimuth: 273.7° SET 13:44

Digitized Sky Survey image of 7 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 7 Virginis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 7 Virginis is -0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 7 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 276.27 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 7 Virginis

7 Virginis belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature of 7 Virginis 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

Alternative designations of 7 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 7 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD104181

SAO Catalogue SAO119156

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58510

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 2556

FK5 Catalogue 2960

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