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TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:44 
Transit: 12:28 
Sunset: 19:12
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74 Virginis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:23 | Tran: 19:10 | Set: 0:57
Alt: -2.57°   Az: 95.85°   Direction: East

74 Virginis is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Virgo.

74 Virginis visual magnitude is 4.69. Because of its moderate brightness, 74 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 74 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 74 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 74 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-1.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.75 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 33m 17s
-06° 23’ 10”
17h 59m 38s
07h 32m 55s

J2000

13h 31m 57s
-06° 15’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

320.78°
55.21°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.69
Giant

-0.92
M2III
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 74 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 74 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

74 Virginis is distant 431.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

132.45
431.79
18 km/s
-0.104 arcsec/y
-0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

74 Virginis
SAO139390
SAO139390

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 74 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Huangjiang, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 96.4°
Max altitude: 60.7°
Azimuth: 263.6°