95 Virginis

Altitude: 29.2° Azimuth: 179.5° Direction: South

95 Virginis is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

95 Virginis visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its reltive faintness, 95 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 95 Virginis:

Color of 95 Virginis ⬤

Magnitude of 95 Virginis 5.46

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 29.2°
Azimuth: 179.5°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 95 Virginis

95 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 95 Virginis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 06m 42s

Declination J2000 -09° 18’ 47”

Galactic Longitude 332.12°

Galactic Latitude 49.24°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 95 Virginis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 95 Virginis.

Visibility of 95 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 95 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: 99.3° RISE 9:27

Max altitude: 29.2° TRANSIT 14:38

Azimuth: 260.7° SET 19:49

Digitized Sky Survey image of 95 Virginis

The image below is a photograph of 95 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 95 Virginis is -0.139 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 95 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 95 Virginis during the next 1000 years (-2.32 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.18 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 95 Virginis from the Sun and relative movement

95 Virginis is distant 178.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 54.88 pc

Distance (light year) 178.92 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.139 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 95 Virginis

95 Virginis belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.76

Spectral Type F2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.34

Temperature of 95 Virginis 7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 95 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 95 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 95 Virginis

Flamsteed designation 95 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD123255

SAO Catalogue SAO139736

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68940

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 3697

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