How to see it
17 Vir has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 17 Vir: right ascension 12h 22m 32s, declination +5° 18′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).
Catalog context
17 Vir. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 60353, HD 107705, Gaia DR3 3900151160301345152. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3900151160301345152
- HIP
- 60353
- HD
- 107705
- gaia_dr3
- 3900151160301345152
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 17 Vir
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.34