ο Virginis (omicron Virginis)

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:26 | Tran: 12:07 | Set: 18:49

Alt: 37.09° Az: 130.47° Direction: South-East

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

ο Virginis visual magnitude is 4.12. Because of its moderate brightness, ο 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 ο Virginis (omicron Virginis) star

DSS2 image of ο Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Virginis during the next 1000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.77 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 06m 28s

Declination +08° 35’ 42”

Hour Angle 21h 28m 33s

Sideral Time 09h 35m 01s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 05m 12s

Declination +08° 43’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 270.07°

Galactic Latitude 68.6°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for ο Virginis (omicron Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.12

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.52

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Virginis is distant 170.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 52.41

Distance (light year) 170.86

Radial Speed -30 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.22 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ο Virginis
(omicron Virginis)

Flamsteed designation 9 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD104979

SAO Catalogue SAO119213

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58948

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+09 2583

Gliese Catalogue NN 3703

FK5 Catalogue 450

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 81.4° RISE 5:26

Max altitude: 47.1° TRANSIT 12:07

Azimuth: 278.6° SET 18:49

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo