80 Virginis

Altitude: -20.9° Azimuth: 71.4° Direction: East-North-East

80 Virginis is a giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

80 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its reltive faintness, 80 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 80 Virginis:

Color of 80 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 80 Virginis 5.73

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

80 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -20.9°
Azimuth: 71.4°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 80 Virginis

80 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 80 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 35m 31s

Declination J2000 -05° 23’ 45”

Galactic Longitude 322.71°

Galactic Latitude 55.77°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 80 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 80 Virginis.

Visibility of 80 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 80 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: 95.4° RISE 3:12

Max altitude: 33.1° TRANSIT 8:43

Azimuth: 264.6° SET 14:14

Digitized Sky Survey image of 80 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 80 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 80 Virginis is 0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.085 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 80 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 80 Virginis during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 14.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 80 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

80 Virginis is distant 370.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 113.64 pc

Distance (light year) 370.45 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.085 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 80 Virginis

80 Virginis belongs to spectral class G6 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.45

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature of 80 Virginis 4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 80 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 80 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 80 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 80 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD118219

SAO Catalogue SAO139428

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66320

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 3515

FK5 Catalogue 1352

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