Yellow-white main-sequence star · Virgo

Syrma

Also known as: ι Virginis (ι Vir), HIP 69701

mag 4.173 light-years

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Syrma (ι Virginis) is a yellow-white main-sequence star of magnitude 4.1 in Virgo, about 73 light-years away.

Syrma is in the constellation Virgo.
Best evenings: around early June it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 74° N.

When it rises and sets tonight, how high it climbs and how much the Moon gets in the way are worked out in your browser for your place.

EyesVisible from the suburbs on a clear night, but lost in bright city skies.
Binoculars (10×50)A sharp point; binoculars bring out its colour and the fainter stars around it.
Telescope (6–8 inch)Still a point of light at any magnification — stars are too far away to show a disc. Low in the sky, bright stars twinkle and flash colours.

Stars look the same in any instrument: brighter and sharper, but never bigger.

Proper name	Syrma
Designation	ι Virginis (ι Vir)
Hipparcos number	HIP 69701
Type	Yellow-white main-sequence star
Spectral type	F7V
Colour	YellowB−V colour index 0.51
Magnitude	4.1The smaller the number, the brighter.
Distance	73 light-yearsThe light you see left it around 1953.
Proper motion	0.42″ per year across the sky
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension (J2000)	14h 16m 00.9s
Declination (J2000)	−06° 00′ 02″