Porrima (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Porrima is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:42, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:23, 54° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:49, 40° above your south-western horizon.

Name Porrima
Object type Star
Other names
Porrima
γ-Vir
Gamma Virginis
29-Vir
29 Virginis
HR 4825[1]
HD 110379
NSV 5859
HIP 61941[3]
Position
Right ascension:12h41m40s [2]
Declination:−01°26'58" [2]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:
Variable
2.74 (V) [2]
Distance:11.7 parsec
38.1 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.37
Proper motion (speed):617.8 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):275.7°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.40

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