How to see it
85 Vir has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 85 Vir: right ascension 13h 45m 35s, declination −15° 46′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).
Catalog context
85 Vir. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 67139, HD 119786, Gaia DR3 3605315055728454016. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3605315055728454016
- HIP
- 67139
- HD
- 119786
- gaia_dr3
- 3605315055728454016
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 85 Vir
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.18