Mu Virginis

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Proper names: Mu Virginis, 107 Virginis
Catalog numbers:
     Woolley (Wo) 9491, Henry Draper (HD) 129502, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -5°3936, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 71957, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 140090, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 545, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 5487, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 5845
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 14h43m3.629s, -5°39'29.56" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 60.9 light-years (18.7 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.7434%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -45.9, -39.6, -6.01
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 40.5, -9.27, 44.5
Proper motion: 0.337 arcsec/yr (161.9° from north)
Radial Velocity: 4.7 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 20.8, -15.4, -15.7

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Spectral class: F2
Luminosity Class: III
Apparent visual magnitude: +3.87
Absolute visual magnitude: +2.52
Visual luminosity: 8.58 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.38, U-B= -0.02
Diameter: 2.01 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.93 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.365342 degrees

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 4-April-2001.