70 Virginis

Altitude: -23.7° Azimuth: 345.7° Direction: North-North-West

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

70 Virginis visual magnitude is 4.98. Because of its moderate brightness, 70 Virginis should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 70 Virginis:

Color of 70 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 70 Virginis 4.98

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

70 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -23.7°
Azimuth: 345.7°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 70 Virginis

70 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 70 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 28m 25s

Declination J2000 +13° 46’ 44”

Galactic Longitude 337.69°

Galactic Latitude 74.11°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 70 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 70 Virginis.

Visibility of 70 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 70 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: 76.2° RISE 14:26

Max altitude: 52.3° TRANSIT 21:36

Azimuth: 283.8° SET 4:49

RIGHT NOW 70 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 70 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 70 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 70 Virginis is -0.236 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.577 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 70 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 70 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-3.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.62 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 70 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

70 Virginis is distant 59.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 18.11 pc

Distance (light year) 59.04 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.236 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.577 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 70 Virginis

70 Virginis belongs to spectral class G4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.69

Spectral Type G4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.71

Temperature of 70 Virginis 5568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 70 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 70 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

70 Virginis star system properties

70 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 70 Virginis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.98

Secondary star magnitude 8.58

Magnitude difference 3.6

Separation 286.4 arcsec

Alternative designations of 70 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 70 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD117176

SAO Catalogue SAO100582

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65721

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 2621

Gliese Catalogue Gl 512.1

FK5 Catalogue 1349

In Evidence

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