Vindemiatrix

HR 4932 · HIP 63608 · ε Vir

👁️ Naked-eye

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Star

Apparent magnitude: 2.79 mag
Parallax: 29.76 mas → about 109.6 light-years away
Spectral type: G8IIIvar
Right ascension: 195.5442°
Declination: 10.9591°
Designation: HR 4932
Bayer designation: ε Vir
HIP number: 63608
IAU name adopted: 2016-07-20
Name language: Latin
Name origin (IAU): The formation of this name begins with the classical Greek name for this star: Protrygeter ("the Grape Gatherer") as it is given in the Almagest: ὁ βόρειος αὐτῶv καὶ καλούμενος Προτρυγητήρ. The Romans translated this name as vindemiator and other similiar masculine forms. Similarly, after a somewhat erroneous translation of the Greek name by the Arabs, the Medieval Latin translation in the Almagest was precedens vindemiatorem, "the One preceding the Grape Gatherer", modified in some editions of the Alphonsine Tables into precedens vindemitorem. The exact origin of the current, feminine "Vindemiatrix" from any of these forms is uncertain, but it first appeared in Early Modern times.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 110 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1916 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 2.8 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 11° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.

HR 4932 · HIP 63608 · ε Vir

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Apparent magnitude: 2.79 mag
Parallax: 29.76 mas → about 109.6 light-years away
Spectral type: G8IIIvar
Right ascension: 195.5442°
Declination: 10.9591°
Designation: HR 4932
Bayer designation: ε Vir
HIP number: 63608
IAU name adopted: 2016-07-20
Name language: Latin
Name origin (IAU): The formation of this name begins with the classical Greek name for this star: Protrygeter ("the Grape Gatherer") as it is given in the Almagest: ὁ βόρειος αὐτῶv καὶ καλούμενος Προτρυγητήρ. The Romans translated this name as vindemiator and other similiar masculine forms. Similarly, after a somewhat erroneous translation of the Greek name by the Arabs, the Medieval Latin translation in the Almagest was precedens vindemiatorem, "the One preceding the Grape Gatherer", modified in some editions of the Alphonsine Tables into precedens vindemitorem. The exact origin of the current, feminine "Vindemiatrix" from any of these forms is uncertain, but it first appeared in Early Modern times.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 110 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1916 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 2.8 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 11° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.