72-Vir (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 72-Vir is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (EDT), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:56, 42° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:29, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
72-Vir
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 13h30m25s [4] |
| Declination: | -06°28'12" [4] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.11 (V) [2] 6.48 (BT) [2] 6.14 (VT) [2] 6.04 (G) [4] 6.19 (BP) [4] 5.76 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 55.2 parsec 179.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.29 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 46.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 75.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.40 |
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