How to see it
72 Vir has a visual magnitude of about 6.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 72 Vir: right ascension 13h 30m 26s, declination −6° 28′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).
Catalog context
72 Vir. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 65892, HD 117436, Gaia DR3 3631698043395203584. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3631698043395203584
- HIP
- 65892
- HD
- 117436
- gaia_dr3
- 3631698043395203584
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 72 Vir
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 3631698043395203584
- HD 117436
- HIP 65892
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.04