76 Virginis

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:37 | Tran: 22:43 | Set: 3:52

Alt: 24.32° Az: 208.03° Direction: South-South-West

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

76 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.21. Because of its faintness, 76 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 76 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 76 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 34m 18s

Declination -10° 17’ 40”

Hour Angle 01h 43m 10s

Sidereal Time 15h 17m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 32m 58s

Declination -10° 09’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 319.44°

Galactic Latitude 51.37°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.21

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.67

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 76 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 76 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

76 Virginis is distant 263.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 80.91

Distance (light year) 263.75

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 76 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD117818

SAO Catalogue SAO139401

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66098

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 3711

FK5 Catalogue 3081

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 76 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.3° RISE 17:37

Max altitude: 28.2° TRANSIT 22:43

Azimuth: 259.7° SET 3:52

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo