82 Virginis
82 Virginis, also known as m Virginis, is a star in the constellation Virgo. It is located from Earth based on a parallax of from Gaia Data Release 3. It is a red giant, based on its spectral type of M1III. Its apparent magnitude is 5.01.
Characteristics
82 Virginis is a red giant star, based on its spectral type of M1III, where M means that it is an M-type star and III is the luminosity class, meaning it is a giant star. The star is 54 times larger than the Sun. The effective temperature of the star is, which is 2,197 degrees cooler than the solar temperature of. Its rotational velocity is 2.3 km/s. The angular diameter of the star, as measured from the CHARM survey, is of. At the current distance, this would lead to a radius of, somewhat larger than the radius derived by Gaia DR3.The parallax of the star is measured at from Gaia DR3, translating to a distance of from Earth. The star is moving towards Earth at a velocity of 36.6 km/s. Its apparent magnitude is 5.01, making it visible to the naked eye.