Star in the constellation Virgo
Upsilon Virginis (υ Vir, υ Virginis) is a single[ 7] star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo . It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.25,[ 2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye. According to the Bortle scale , it is visible from backlit suburban skies at night. Based upon a measured annual parallax shift of 12.1 mas , it is located roughly 269 light-years (82.6 parsecs ) from the Sun . If the star were at a distance of 33 light-years (10 parsecs), it would have a magnitude of +0.4 and be the third-brightest star in the night sky.[ 3]
This star has a stellar classification of G9 III,[ 3] which indicates it is an evolved G-type giant star . It has an estimated 172% of the Sun's mass and has expanded to 12 times the radius of the Sun , from which it is shining with 64.6 times the solar luminosity .[ 4] The effective temperature of the star's outer atmosphere is 4,753 K .[ 4] Based upon its motion through space, there is a 66% chance of being a member of the Hercules stream and a 27% chance it is a thin disk star.[ 8]
References
^ a b c d e f g Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties" . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 674 : A1. arXiv :2208.00211 . Bibcode :2023A&A...674A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 . S2CID 244398875 .
Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
^ a b c Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data , SIMBAD , Bibcode :1986EgUBV........0M .
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^ Luck, R. Earle; Heiter, Ulrike (June 2007), "Giants in the Local Region", The Astronomical Journal , 133 (6): 2464– 2486, Bibcode :2007AJ....133.2464L , doi :10.1086/513194 .
^ "ups Vir -- Variable Star" , SIMBAD Astronomical Database , Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2016-09-18 .
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 389 (2): 869– 879, arXiv :0806.2878 , Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x , S2CID 14878976 .
^ Soubiran, C.; et al. (March 2008), "Vertical distribution of Galactic disk stars. IV. AMR and AVR from clump giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 480 (1): 91– 101, arXiv :0712.1370 , Bibcode :2008A&A...480...91S , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20078788 , S2CID 16602121 .