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public  Pulungmasle, Philippines Pulungmasle, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:36 
Transit: 12:03 
Sunset: 18:30
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89 Virginis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:48 | Tran: 18:26 | Set: 0:04
Alt: 42.00°   Az: 227.33°   Direction: South-West

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.

Image of 89 Virginis star
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

13h 51m 16s
-18° 15’ 36”
02h 20m 29s
16h 11m 45s

J2000

13h 49m 52s
-18° 08’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

321.93°
42.57°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.97
Hypergiant

0.62
K0III
4603K

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

HR 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.

74.18
241.84
-40 km/s
-0.1 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

89 Virginis
SAO158186
SAO158186

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 89 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Pulungmasle, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 108.3°
Max altitude: 56.7°
Azimuth: 251.7°