Spica (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Spica is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:26, when it reaches an altitude of 12° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:37, 37° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:31, 36° above your southern horizon.
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Name
Spica
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 13h25m11s [3] |
| Declination: | −11°09'40" [3] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.06 (V) [3] 0.88 (BT) [2] 1.03 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 76.6 parsec 249.6 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.14 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 52.3 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 234.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.36 |
Sources
Events
| 24 Dec 2024 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 20 Jan 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 17 Feb 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 16 Mar 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 12 Apr 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 10 May 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 06 Jun 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 03 Jul 2025 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |