Star profile
108 Virginis
Hot blue starWhat is 108 Virginis
108 Virginis is a hot B-type blue star 494 light-years away, set on the eastern edge of the celestial Virgin. Its light, far more energetic than the Sun's, set out while Luther was still nailing his theses in Wittenberg. It belongs to the band of massive suns whose brief and fierce youth often ends in supernova: they shine for a short time, but they shine immensely.
Where it is and when to see it
108 Virginis lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 108 Virginis
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.68
- Distance
- 493.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 221.376° · Dec 0.717°
- Catalogue
- HIP 72154 · HD 129956
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Other stars in Virgo
Virgo has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- SpicaAlpha Virginis0.98
- PorrimaGamma Virginis2.74
- VindemiatrixEpsilon Virginis2.85
- 33 Virginis5.65
- 71 Virginis5.65
- HIP 616585.68
- HIP 651985.69
- 80 Virginis5.70