89 Virginis

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:00 | Tran: 22:20 | Set: 2:45

Alt: -56.71° Az: 355.18° Direction: North

89 Virginis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

89 Virginis visual magnitude is 4.97. Because of its moderate brightness, 89 Virginis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 89 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 89 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 51m 15s

Declination -18° 15’ 34”

Hour Angle 11h 48m 52s

Sidereal Time 01h 40m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 49m 52s

Declination -18° 08’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 321.93°

Galactic Latitude 42.57°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.97

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.62

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.06

Temperature 4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 89 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 89 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

89 Virginis is distant 241.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 74.18

Distance (light year) 241.84

Radial Speed -40 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.1 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 89 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD120452

SAO Catalogue SAO158186

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67494

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 3937

FK5 Catalogue 510

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 89 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.3° RISE 18:00

Max altitude: 20.3° TRANSIT 22:20

Azimuth: 251.7° SET 2:45

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo