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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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π Virginis (pi Virginis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:48 | Tran: 21:19 | Set: 3:53
Alt: -17.87°   Az: 53.47°   Direction: North-East

π Virginis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Virgo.

π Virginis visual magnitude is 4.66. Because of its moderate brightness, π 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 π Virginis (pi Virginis) star
DSS2 image of π Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of π Virginis during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 02m 10s
+06° 28’ 22”
15h 21m 19s
03h 23m 29s

J2000

12h 00m 52s
+06° 36’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

270.3°
66.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Virginis (pi Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.66
Main-sequence

-0.53
A5V
8748K

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

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

Star System Properties

π Virginis 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 π Virginis double sysyem:

4.66
6.66
2
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Virginis is distant 355.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

109.17
355.90
-10 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

π Virginis
(pi Virginis)
SAO119164
SAO119164

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 83.5°
Max altitude: 45.0°
Azimuth: 276.5°