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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Chi Virginis
Flamsteed Number	26 Virginis
HR (BSC)	4813
HD	110014
Constellation	Virgo
Right Ascension	12h 39m 15s
Declination	-7° 59' 44"
Distance	315 light years 97 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.65 Absolute: -0.27
Spectral Class	K2IIICN1.5 orange giant
Planets in this system	Chi Virginis b (HD 110014 b), gas giant Chi Virginis c (HD 110014 c), unconfirmed gas giant
Optimum Visibility	April

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An orange giant in the constellation of Virgo, about 11° west of Spica in the sky, and rather faint at magnitude +4.65. Chi Virginis is about 315 light years (just under one hundred parsecs) from Earth's Solar System.

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