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Uncommon star 27 EP

83 Vir

RA 206.1243° · Dec -16.1791° · star

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
27 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Naked-eye visible +8
  • Sun-like G-type star +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) +5
  • Star +3
  • On the zodiac +3
Total score 27

7 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Star · +3
  • Naked-eye visible · +8
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Sun-like G-type star · +8
  • Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) · +5

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads G1IV/V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is a subgiant, caught in the act of leaving the main sequence as the hydrogen in its core runs out.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 5.5 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site, over in Virgo.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around April — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 14.5 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).

Properties

absmag
-1.462
bv
0.805
constellation
Vir
dist ly
823.6264
luminosity
334.8112
mag
5.55
name
83 Vir
spect
G1IV/V

About 83 Vir

83 Vir is an uncommon star. It lies about 823.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Vir, shines at apparent magnitude 5.55 and has spectral type G1IV/V.

Its spectrum reads G1IV/V — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.

How to see it

Look for 83 Vir in the constellation Vir. At apparent magnitude 5.55, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, 83 Vir is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why 83 Vir is an uncommon star

83 Vir scores 27 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 7 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible, On the zodiac, Sun-like G-type star and Subgiant (leaving the main sequence) — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.