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Khambalia - λ Virginis (lambda Virginis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:42 | Tran: 4:34 | Set: 9:23
Alt: -41.08°   Az: 53.25°   Direction: North-East

Khambalia, also designated as λ Virginis (lambda Virginis), is a variable and double star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Virgo.

Khambalia visual magnitude is 4.52. Because of its moderate brightness, Khambalia 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 Khambalia - λ Virginis (lambda Virginis) star
DSS2 image of Khambalia. The red arrow shows the motion of Khambalia during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 20m 28s
-13° 29’ 08”
14h 33m 35s
04h 54m 03s

J2000

14h 19m 06s
-13° 22’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

333.4°
44.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Khambalia - λ Virginis (lambda Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.52

0.73
A2
8748K

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

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

Star System Properties

Khambalia is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Khambalia double sysyem:

4.52
4.62
0.1
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Khambalia is distant 186.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

57.24
186.61
-11 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Khambalia
λ Virginis
(lambda Virginis)
100 Virginis
SAO158489
SAO158489

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 103.5°
Max altitude: 25.0°
Azimuth: 256.5°