83 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:18 | Tran: 13:51 | Set: 18:23

Alt: -33.40° Az: 73.23° Direction: East-North-East

83 Virginis is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Virgo.

83 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.6. Because of its faintness, 83 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 83 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 83 Virginis during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 45m 50s

Declination -16° 18’ 09”

Hour Angle 15h 45m 33s

Sideral Time 05h 31m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 44m 29s

Declination -16° 10’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 321.03°

Galactic Latitude 44.82°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 83 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.6

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.29

Spectral Type G0I

Color Index (B-V) 0.81

Temperature 5251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 83 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 83 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

83 Virginis is distant 779.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 239.23

Distance (light year) 779.90

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 83 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD119605

SAO Catalogue SAO158131

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67057

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 3731

FK5 Catalogue 1357

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 83 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.3° RISE 9:18

Max altitude: 22.2° TRANSIT 13:51

Azimuth: 253.7° SET 18:23

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo