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μ Virginis (mu Virginis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:29 | Tran: 21:58 | Set: 3:31
Alt: 14.40°   Az: 240.73°   Direction: West-South-West

μ Virginis is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Virgo.

μ Virginis visual magnitude is 3.88. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Virginis (mu Virginis) star
DSS2 image of μ Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Virginis during the next 1000 years (1.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 44m 24s
-05° 45’ 55”
03h 52m 29s
18h 36m 53s

J2000

14h 43m 03s
-05° 39’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

346.55°
47.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Virginis (mu Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.88
Giant

2.52
F2III
6989K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Virginis is distant 60.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

18.68
60.89
5 km/s
0.109 arcsec/y
-0.316"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Virginis
(mu Virginis)
107 Virginis
SAO140090
SAO140090

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 95.8°
Max altitude: 32.8°
Azimuth: 264.2°