90 Virginis

Altitude: 9.6° Azimuth: 104.8° Direction: East-South-East

90 Virginis is a giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

90 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its reltive faintness, 90 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 90 Virginis:

Color of 90 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 90 Virginis 5.15

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

90 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.6°
Azimuth: 104.8°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 90 Virginis

90 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 90 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 54m 42s

Declination J2000 -01° 30’ 11”

Galactic Longitude 333.47°

Galactic Latitude 57.57°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 90 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 90 Virginis.

Visibility of 90 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 90 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: 91.5° RISE 16:08

Max altitude: 37.0° TRANSIT 21:58

Azimuth: 268.5° SET 3:53

RIGHT NOW 90 Virginis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 90 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 90 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 90 Virginis is -0.088 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 90 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 90 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-14.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 90 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

90 Virginis is distant 253.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 77.88 pc

Distance (light year) 253.89 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.088 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 90 Virginis

90 Virginis belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.69

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature of 90 Virginis 4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 90 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 90 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 90 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 90 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD121299

SAO Catalogue SAO139613

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67929

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 2758

FK5 Catalogue 3107

In Evidence

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