90 Virginis

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:10 | Tran: 23:00 | Set: 4:54

Alt: 8.32° Az: 256.72° Direction: West-South-West

90 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Virgo.

90 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its faintness, 90 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 56m 00s

Declination -01° 37’ 36”

Hour Angle 04h 57m 49s

Sidereal Time 18h 53m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 54m 42s

Declination -01° 30’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 333.47°

Galactic Latitude 57.57°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.15

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.69

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 253.89

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.088 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 90 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD121299

SAO Catalogue SAO139613

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67929

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 2758

FK5 Catalogue 3107

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 90 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.6° RISE 17:10

Max altitude: 36.9° TRANSIT 23:00

Azimuth: 268.4° SET 4:54

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo