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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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Porrima - γ Virginis (gamma Virginis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:05 | Tran: 21:55 | Set: 3:49
Alt: -21.66°   Az: 296.82°   Direction: West-North-West

Porrima, also designated as γ Virginis (gamma Virginis), is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Virgo.

Porrima visual magnitude is 3.65. Because of its moderate brightness, Porrima 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 Porrima - γ Virginis (gamma Virginis) star
DSS2 image of Porrima. The red arrow shows the motion of Porrima during the next 1000 years (-9.42 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.20 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 42m 57s
-01° 35’ 17”
08h 15m 42s
20h 58m 40s

J2000

12h 41m 39s
-01° 26’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

297.85°
61.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Porrima - γ Virginis (gamma Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.65
Hypergiant

3.29
F0V
7101K

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

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

Star System Properties

Porrima is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Porrima double sysyem:

3.65
3.75
0.1
4.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Porrima is distant 38.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

11.83
38.57
-20 km/s
-0.565 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Porrima
γ Virginis
(gamma Virginis)
29 Virginis
SAO138917
SAO138917
Gl 482 A

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 91.6°
Max altitude: 36.9°
Azimuth: 268.4°