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public  Sindou, Burkina Faso Sindou, Burkina Faso  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Ouagadougou
Sunrise: 6:03 
Transit: 12:24 
Sunset: 18:45
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Syrma - ι Virginis (iota Virginis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:00 | Tran: 19:53 | Set: 1:50
Alt: 5.22°   Az: 262.75°   Direction: West

Syrma, also designated as ι Virginis (iota Virginis), is a variable giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Virgo.

Syrma visual magnitude is 4.08. Because of its moderate brightness, Syrma 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 Syrma - ι Virginis (iota Virginis) star
DSS2 image of Syrma. The red arrow shows the motion of Syrma during the next 1000 years (-0.07 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.20 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 17m 21s
-06° 07’ 04”
05h 33m 57s
19h 51m 19s

J2000

14h 16m 00s
-06° 00’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

337.75°
51.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Syrma - ι Virginis (iota Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.08
Giant

2.43
F6III
6300K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Syrma is distant 69.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

21.39
69.75
12 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.432"/y

Alternative Designations

Syrma
ι Virginis
(iota Virginis)
99 Virginis
SAO139824
SAO139824

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Syrma - ι Virginis (iota Virginis) rise, transit and set times from Sindou, Burkina Faso are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Ouagadougou):

Azimuth: 96.1°
Max altitude: 73.2°
Azimuth: 263.9°