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public  Tlacotepec de Mejía, México Tlacotepec de Mejía, Méxi...  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Mexico_City
Sunrise: 5:56 
Transit: 12:32 
Sunset: 19:08
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ρ Virginis (rho Virginis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:57 | Tran: 18:13 | Set: 0:25
Alt: -60.66°   Az: 3.71°   Direction: North

ρ Virginis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Virgo.

ρ Virginis visual magnitude is 4.88. Because of its moderate brightness, ρ 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 ρ Virginis (rho Virginis) star
DSS2 image of ρ Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Virginis during the next 1000 years (1.40 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 43m 10s
+10° 05’ 45”
12h 07m 23s
00h 50m 33s

J2000

12h 41m 53s
+10° 14’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

294.88°
72.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Virginis (rho Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.88
Hypergiant

2.04
A0V
9125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Virginis is distant 120.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

36.90
120.30
2 km/s
0.084 arcsec/y
-0.091"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Virginis
(rho Virginis)
30 Virginis
SAO100211
SAO100211

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ Virginis (rho Virginis) rise, transit and set times from Tlacotepec de Mejía, México are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Mexico_City):

Azimuth: 79.9°
Max altitude: 80.9°
Azimuth: 280.1°