Variable star in the constellation Virgo
S Virginis
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation
Virgo [ 2]
Right ascension
13h 33m 00.1103s [ 3]
Declination
−07° 11′ 41.0387″[ 3]
Apparent magnitude (V)
6.3 - 13.2[ 4]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage
AGB [ 5]
Spectral type
M6IIIe-M9.5e[ 4]
U−B color index
+2.1[ 6]
B−V color index
+0.74[ 6]
Variable type
Mira [ 4]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv )9.60[ 7] km/s Proper motion (μ) RA: −16.813± 0.680[ 3] mas /yr Dec.: 3.010± 0.537[ 3] mas /yr Parallax (π)1.3709± 0.3737 mas [ 3] Distance approx. 2,400 ly (approx. 700 pc )
Details Mass 3.6[ 8] M ☉ Radius 435[ 9] R ☉ Luminosity 38.174[ 10] L ☉ Surface gravity (log g )2.29[ 8] cgs Temperature 3,283[ 11] K Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.24[ 8] dex
Other designations S Virginis, BD −06°3837, HIP 66100, GC 18312, HR 5101, AAVSO 1327-06, GCRV 8027, SAO 139403, HD 117833[ 12]
Database references SIMBAD data
S Virginis is a Mira -type variable star in the constellation Virgo . Located approximately 700 parsecs (2,300 ly) distant,[ 3] it varies between magnitudes 6.3 and 13.2 over a period of approximately 375 days.[ 4] John Russell Hind announced the discovery this star in 1852.[ 13]
References
^ "Download Data" . aavso.org . AAVSO. Retrieved 1 October 2021 .
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Constellation record for this object at VizieR .
^ a b c d e f Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration ) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616 . A1. arXiv :1804.09365 . Bibcode :2018A&A...616A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR .
^ a b c d VSX (4 January 2010). "S Virginis" . AAVSO Website . American Association of Variable Star Observers . Retrieved 27 June 2014 .
^ Montez, Rodolfo, Jr.; Ramstedt, Sofia; Kastner, Joel H.; Vlemmings, Wouter; Sanchez, Enmanuel (2017). "A Catalog of GALEX Ultraviolet Emission from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars" . The Astrophysical Journal . 841 (1): 33. arXiv :1705.05371 . Bibcode :2017ApJ...841...33M . doi :10.3847/1538-4357/aa704d . {{cite journal }}
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^ a b Paunzen, E. (2022). "Catalogue of stars measured in the Geneva seven-colour photometric system". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 661 : A89. arXiv :2111.04810 . Bibcode :2022A&A...661A..89P . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202142355 .
^ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters . 32 (11): 759. arXiv :1606.08053 . Bibcode :2006AstL...32..759G . doi :10.1134/S1063773706110065 .
^ a b c Khalatyan, A.; Anders, F.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B. A.; Nepal, S.; Dal Ponte, M.; Jordi, C.; Guiglion, G.; Valentini, M.; Torralba Elipe, G.; Steinmetz, M.; Pantaleoni-González, M.; Malhotra, S.; Jiménez-Arranz, Ó.; Enke, H.; Casamiquela, L.; Ardèvol, J. (2024). "Transferring spectroscopic stellar labels to 217 million Gaia DR3 XP stars with SHBoost". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 691 : A98. arXiv :2407.06963 . Bibcode :2024A&A...691A..98K . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202451427 .
^ Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (2022). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3. Proper-motion anomaly and resolved common proper-motion pairs". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 657 . arXiv :2109.10912 . Bibcode :2022A&A...657A...7K . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202142146 .
^ Chandler, Colin Orion; McDonald, Iain; Kane, Stephen R. (2016). "The Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets (CELESTA): A Database of Habitable Zones Around Nearby Stars" . The Astronomical Journal . 151 (3): 59. arXiv :1510.05666 . Bibcode :2016AJ....151...59C . doi :10.3847/0004-6256/151/3/59 .
^ Tonry, J. L.; Denneau, L.; Flewelling, H.; Heinze, A. N.; Onken, C. A.; Smartt, S. J.; Stalder, B.; Weiland, H. J.; Wolf, C. (2018). "The ATLAS All-Sky Stellar Reference Catalog" . The Astrophysical Journal . 867 (2): 105. arXiv :1809.09157 . Bibcode :2018ApJ...867..105T . doi :10.3847/1538-4357/aae386 .
^ "S Virginis" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2025-05-05 .
^ Hind, J. R. (December 1852). "List of Variable Stars detected by Mr. Hind rith their Approximate Places for the year 1850" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 13 : 33. Retrieved 17 August 2025 .