Spica (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
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 , Spica is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:17 (PST) – 3 hours and 16 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 28° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:55.
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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 |
Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.
Events
| 12 Feb 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 11 Mar 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 07 Apr 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 05 May 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 01 Jun 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 29 Jun 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 26 Jul 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |
| 22 Aug 2031 | – Lunar occultation of Spica |