Vindemiatrix (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Vindemiatrix is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:49 (EDT), 43° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:28, 59° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:43, when it sinks below 15° above your western horizon.
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Name
Vindemiatrix
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 13h02m10s [4] |
| Declination: | +10°57'33" [4] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.82 (V) [2] 4.00 (BT) [2] 2.92 (VT) [2] 2.62 (G) [4] 3.41 (BP) [4] 2.25 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 33.1 parsec 107.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.92 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 274.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 274.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.22 |
Sources