85 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:45 | Tran: 22:20 | Set: 2:58

Alt: -39.59° Az: 297.93° Direction: West-North-West

85 Virginis is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Virgo.

85 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, 85 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 85 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 85 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 46m 57s

Declination -15° 53’ 38”

Hour Angle 08h 59m 44s

Sidereal Time 22h 46m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 45m 35s

Declination -15° 46’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 321.56°

Galactic Latitude 45.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 85 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.11

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.05

Temperature 9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 85 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 85 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

85 Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 85 Virginis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.19

Secondary star magnitude 7.89

Magnitude difference 1.7

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

85 Virginis is distant 338.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 103.84

Distance (light year) 338.53

Radial Speed -41 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.044 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 85 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD119786

SAO Catalogue SAO158147

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67139

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 3735

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 85 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.9° RISE 17:45

Max altitude: 22.6° TRANSIT 22:20

Azimuth: 254.1° SET 2:58

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo