61 Virginis

61 Virginis

61 Vir as seen with a 12.5" telescope with a field of view of 45.1 arcminutes
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension 13h 18m 24.31399s
Declination −18° 18 40.2977
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.74
Characteristics
Spectral type G7V
Apparent magnitude (B) 5.45
Apparent magnitude (J) 3.334
Apparent magnitude (H) 2.974
Apparent magnitude (K) 2.956
U−B color index 0.26
B−V color index 0.71
V−R color index 0.37
R−I color index 0.33
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−7.86±0.13 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −1,070.202 mas/yr
Dec.: −1,063.849 mas/yr
Parallax (π)117.1726±0.1456 mas
Distance27.84 ± 0.03 ly
(8.53 ± 0.01 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.07
Details
Mass0.93 M
Radius0.9867±0.0048 R
Luminosity0.8222±0.0033 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.5 cgs
Temperature5538±13 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.02 dex
Rotation32.1±0.2 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.9 ± 0.9 km/s
Age6.1–6.6 Gyr
Other designations
BD-17°3813, FK5 1345, GCTP 3039.00, GJ 506, HD 115617, HIP 64924, HR 5019, LHS 349, LTT 5111, SAO 157844
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
ARICNSdata

61 Virginis (abbreviated 61 Vir) is a G-type main-sequence star (G7V) slightly less massive than the Sun (which has a hotter G2V spectral type), located 27.8 light-years (8.5 parsecs) away in the constellation of Virgo. The composition of this star is nearly identical to the Sun.