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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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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.

Image of 76 Virginis star
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

13h 34m 18s
-10° 17’ 40”
01h 43m 10s
15h 17m 29s

J2000

13h 32m 58s
-10° 09’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

319.44°
51.37°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.21
Hypergiant

0.67
K0III
4841K

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

HR 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.

80.91
263.75
-1 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

76 Virginis
SAO139401
SAO139401

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°
Max altitude: 28.2°
Azimuth: 259.7°