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Sunset: 20:45
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ο Virginis (omicron Virginis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:45 | Tran: 21:27 | Set: 4:12
Alt: 46.07°   Az: 163.43°   Direction: South-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

12h 06m 30s
+08° 35’ 30”
23h 13m 50s
11h 20m 20s

J2000

12h 05m 12s
+08° 43’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

270.07°
68.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο Virginis (omicron Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.12
Giant

0.52
G8III
4791K

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

HR 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.

52.41
170.86
-30 km/s
-0.22 arcsec/y
0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Virginis
(omicron Virginis)
SAO119213
SAO119213

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°
Max altitude: 47.1°
Azimuth: 278.6°