82 Virginis

82 Virginis is a variable giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

82 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its reltive faintness, 82 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 82 Virginis:

Color of 82 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 82 Virginis 5.01

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 82 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 82 Virginis

82 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 82 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 41m 36s

Declination J2000 -08° 42’ 11”

Galactic Longitude 323.42°

Galactic Latitude 52.16°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 82 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 82 Virginis.

Visibility of 82 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 82 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: 98.7° RISE 16:39

Max altitude: 29.8° TRANSIT 21:53

Azimuth: 261.3° SET 3:11

RIGHT NOW 82 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 82 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 82 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 82 Virginis is -0.094 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.04 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 82 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 82 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-1.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 82 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

82 Virginis is distant 457.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 140.25 pc

Distance (light year) 457.22 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -37 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.094 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.04 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 82 Virginis

82 Virginis belongs to spectral class M1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.72

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.63

Temperature of 82 Virginis 3608K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 82 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 82 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 82 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 82 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD119149

SAO Catalogue SAO139490

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66803

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 3674

FK5 Catalogue 1355

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6390

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo