80 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:34 | Tran: 15:04 | Set: 20:34

Alt: -26.20° Az: 296.48° Direction: West-North-West

80 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Virgo.

80 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, 80 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 36m 48s

Declination -05° 31’ 18”

Hour Angle 08h 24m 49s

Sideral Time 22h 01m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 35m 31s

Declination -05° 23’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 322.71°

Galactic Latitude 55.77°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 80 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.73

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.45

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 370.45

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.085"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 80 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD118219

SAO Catalogue SAO139428

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66320

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 3515

FK5 Catalogue 1352

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 80 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.5° RISE 9:34

Max altitude: 33.0° TRANSIT 15:04

Azimuth: 264.5° SET 20:34

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Virgo