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public  Renhe, China Renhe, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:59 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 19:57
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84 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:49 | Tran: 19:55 | Set: 2:00
Alt: 48.16°   Az: 122.17°   Direction: East-South-East

84 Virginis is a variable and double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Virgo.

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

Image of 84 Virginis star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 44m 21s
+03° 24’ 37”
21h 42m 13s
11h 26m 34s

J2000

13h 43m 03s
+03° 32’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

332.78°
63.38°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.36
Giant

1.24
K2III
4493K

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

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

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:

5.36
8.16
2.8
3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

66.62
217.19
-41 km/s
-0.291 arcsec/y
-0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

84 Virginis
SAO120082
SAO120082

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 84 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Renhe, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 86.6°
Max altitude: 63.8°
Azimuth: 273.4°