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public  Skerries, Irlanda Skerries, Irlanda  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Dublin
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 13:28 
Sunset: 21:54
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ψ Virginis (psi Virginis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:31 | Tran: 19:35 | Set: 0:40
Alt: -35.01°   Az: 52.85°   Direction: North-East

ψ Virginis is a variable and double giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Virgo.

ψ Virginis visual magnitude is 4.79. Because of its moderate brightness, ψ 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 ψ Virginis (psi Virginis) star
DSS2 image of ψ Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ Virginis during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 55m 40s
-09° 40’ 36”
14h 45m 53s
03h 41m 34s

J2000

12h 54m 21s
-09° 32’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

304.14°
53.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ψ Virginis (psi Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.79
Giant

-0.74
M3III
3649K

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

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

Star System Properties

ψ 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 ψ Virginis double sysyem:

4.79
8.09
3.3
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ Virginis is distant 416.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

127.88
416.88
18 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ Virginis
(psi Virginis)
40 Virginis
SAO139033
SAO139033

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ψ Virginis (psi Virginis) rise, transit and set times from Skerries, Irlanda are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Dublin):

Azimuth: 99.7°
Max altitude: 26.7°
Azimuth: 260.3°