87 Virginis

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

87 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its reltive faintness, 87 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 87 Virginis:

Color of 87 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 87 Virginis 5.43

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 87 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 87 Virginis

87 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 87 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 47m 25s

Declination J2000 -17° 51’ 35”

Galactic Longitude 321.28°

Galactic Latitude 43.01°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 87 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 87 Virginis.

Visibility of 87 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 87 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: 107.9° RISE 17:55

Max altitude: 20.7° TRANSIT 22:18

Azimuth: 252.1° SET 2:45

RIGHT NOW 87 Virginis is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 87 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 87 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 87 Virginis is 0.059 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.034 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 87 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 87 Virginis during the next 10000 years (9.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 87 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

87 Virginis is distant 635.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 64 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 194.93 pc

Distance (light year) 635.48 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 64 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.059 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.034 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 87 Virginis

87 Virginis belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.02

Spectral Type M2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.62

Temperature of 87 Virginis 3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 87 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 87 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 87 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 87 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD120052

SAO Catalogue SAO158165

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67288

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 3932

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6442

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo