71 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:45 | Tran: 14:38 | Set: 21:31

Alt: -25.51° Az: 338.37° Direction: North-North-West

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

71 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, 71 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 71 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 71 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 30m 26s

Declination +10° 41’ 28”

Hour Angle 10h 40m 51s

Sideral Time 00h 11m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 29m 12s

Declination +10° 49’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 333.33°

Galactic Latitude 71.42°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 71 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.65

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.04

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 71 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 71 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

71 Virginis is distant 271.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 83.40

Distance (light year) 271.89

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.061 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 71 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD117304

SAO Catalogue SAO100592

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65790

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 2575

FK5 Catalogue 3076

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 71 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.3° RISE 7:45

Max altitude: 49.2° TRANSIT 14:38

Azimuth: 280.7° SET 21:31

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Virgo