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.
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