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χ Virginis (chi Virginis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:22 | Tran: 2:43 | Set: 8:00
Alt: -13.06°   Az: 273.34°   Direction: West

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

χ Virginis visual magnitude is 4.66. Because of its moderate brightness, χ 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 χ Virginis (chi Virginis) star
DSS2 image of χ Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Virginis during the next 10000 years (-12.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 40m 32s
-08° 08’ 00”
06h 43m 07s
19h 23m 40s

J2000

12h 39m 14s
-07° 59’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

297.7°
54.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Virginis (chi Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.66
Giant

-0.29
K2III
4251K

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

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

Star System Properties

χ Virginis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the χ Virginis double sysyem:

4.66
8.96
4.3
173.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Virginis is distant 318.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

97.66
318.36
-20 km/s
-0.076 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Virginis
(chi Virginis)
26 Virginis
SAO138892
SAO138892

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 98.1°
Max altitude: 30.4°
Azimuth: 261.9°