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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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96 Virginis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:43 | Tran: 4:52 | Set: 9:56
Alt: -45.48°   Az: 30.47°   Direction: North-North-East

96 Virginis is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Virgo.

96 Virginis visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, 96 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.

Image of 96 Virginis star
DSS2 image of 96 Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of 96 Virginis during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 10m 21s
-10° 27’ 08”
13h 24m 46s
03h 35m 07s

J2000

14h 09m 00s
-10° 20’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

332.2°
48.08°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 96 Virginis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.47
Giant

0.32
G8III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 96 Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 96 Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

96 Virginis is distant 554.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

170.07
554.42
-20 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

96 Virginis
SAO158385
SAO158385

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 96 Virginis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.5°
Max altitude: 28.1°
Azimuth: 259.5°