75 Virginis

Altitude: 8.5° Azimuth: 128.1° Direction: South-East

75 Virginis is a multiple giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

75 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its reltive faintness, 75 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 75 Virginis:

Color of 75 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 75 Virginis 5.55

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 8.5°
Azimuth: 128.1°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 75 Virginis

75 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 75 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 32m 51s

Declination J2000 -15° 21’ 47”

Galactic Longitude 317.47°

Galactic Latitude 46.34°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 75 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 75 Virginis.

Visibility of 75 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 75 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: 105.4° RISE 9:15

Max altitude: 23.2° TRANSIT 13:52

Azimuth: 254.6° SET 18:30

Digitized Sky Survey image of 75 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 75 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 75 Virginis is -0.073 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 75 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 75 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-12.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 75 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

75 Virginis is distant 659.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 202.43 pc

Distance (light year) 659.92 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -40 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.073 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 75 Virginis

75 Virginis belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.98

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.23

Temperature of 75 Virginis 4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 75 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 75 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

75 Virginis star system properties

75 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 75 Virginis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.55

Secondary star magnitude 11.15

Magnitude difference 5.6

Separation 79.6 arcsec

Alternative designations of 75 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 75 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD117789

SAO Catalogue SAO157998

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66091

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 3739

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