Star Iota Virginis

Binary star Iota Virginis is located 72 light years away from the Sun. It consists of a yellow giant and a orange star. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Iota Virginis A

Yellow giant, High proper motion star

Spectral class: F7III

Location

Right ascension: 14h 16m 0.84s

Declination: -6° 0' 8.607'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 45.401

Sun distance: 71.838 ly | 22 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 150 % M Sun

Size: 250 % R Sun

Temperature: 6282 K | 1.09 T Sun

Luminosity: 8.7 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 4.1

Absolute magnitude (V): 2.4

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

Iota Virginis B

Orange star, , High proper motion star

Basic characteristic

Mass: 60 % M Sun

Iota Virginis system structure


	Iota Virginis A
	Iota Virginis B

More about Iota Virginis

       Iota Virginis can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
Syrma, 99 Vir, iot Vir, BD−05°3843, FK5 525, GJ 9473, Gliese 9473, HD 124850, HIP 69701, HR 5338, SAO 139824, Gaia EDR3 3640828731549972480

Closest stars

HD 125354	-	2 ly
HD 124292	-	3.6 ly
Gaia EDR3 6331354197480725120	-	4.6 ly
HD 125455	-	5.4 ly
ASAS J140209-0354.9	-	6.2 ly

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