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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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ξ Virginis (xi Virginis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:16 | Tran: 20:55 | Set: 3:38
Alt: -14.13°   Az: 303.36°   Direction: West-North-West

ξ Virginis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Virgo.

ξ Virginis visual magnitude is 4.85. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ 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 ξ Virginis (xi Virginis) star
DSS2 image of ξ Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Virginis during the next 10000 years (10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 46m 35s
+08° 07’ 02”
08h 20m 24s
20h 07m 00s

J2000

11h 45m 17s
+08° 15’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

260.18°
65.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Virginis (xi Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.85
Main-sequence

2.03
A4V
8321K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Virginis is distant 119.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

36.64
119.46
-1 km/s
0.061 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Virginis
(xi Virginis)
SAO119029
SAO119029

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 81.9°
Max altitude: 46.6°
Azimuth: 278.1°