84 Virginis

Altitude: 6.1° Azimuth: 268.0° Direction: West

84 Virginis is a variable and double giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

84 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.36. Because of its reltive faintness, 84 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 84 Virginis:

Color of 84 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 84 Virginis 5.36

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

84 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 6.1°
Azimuth: 268.0°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 84 Virginis

84 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 84 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 43m 03s

Declination J2000 +03° 32’ 17”

Galactic Longitude 332.78°

Galactic Latitude 63.38°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 84 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 84 Virginis.

Visibility of 84 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 84 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: 86.5° RISE 15:23

Max altitude: 42.1° TRANSIT 21:39

Azimuth: 273.5° SET 3:58

RIGHT NOW 84 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 84 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 84 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 84 Virginis is -0.291 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.071 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 84 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 84 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-4.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.18 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 84 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

84 Virginis is distant 217.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 66.62 pc

Distance (light year) 217.19 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -41 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.291 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.071 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 84 Virginis

84 Virginis belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.24

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature of 84 Virginis 4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 84 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 84 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

84 Virginis star system properties

84 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 84 Virginis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.36

Secondary star magnitude 8.16

Magnitude difference 2.8

Separation 3 arcsec

Alternative designations of 84 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 84 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD119425

SAO Catalogue SAO120082

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66936

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 2775

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6401

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS9000

In Evidence

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