Heze - ζ Virginis (zeta Virginis)

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:05 | Tran: 14:59 | Set: 20:54

Alt: 36.14° Az: 199.53° Direction: South-South-West

Heze, also designated as ζ Virginis (zeta Virginis), is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Virgo.

Heze visual magnitude is 3.37. Because of its moderate brightness, Heze is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of Heze - ζ Virginis (zeta Virginis) star

DSS2 image of Heze. The red arrow shows the motion of Heze during the next 1000 years (-4.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.70 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 35m 57s

Declination -00° 43’ 17”

Hour Angle 01h 02m 38s

Sideral Time 14h 38m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 34m 41s

Declination -00° 35’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 325.25°

Galactic Latitude 60.39°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Heze - ζ Virginis (zeta Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.61

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature 8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where Heze is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of Heze. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Heze is distant 73.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 22.45

Distance (light year) 73.18

Radial Speed -13 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.285 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Heze

Bayer designation ζ Virginis
(zeta Virginis)

Flamsteed designation 79 Virginis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD118098

SAO Catalogue SAO139420

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66249

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 3076

Gliese Catalogue NN 3792

FK5 Catalogue 501

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Heze - ζ Virginis (zeta Virginis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.7° RISE 9:05

Max altitude: 37.8° TRANSIT 14:59

Azimuth: 269.3° SET 20:54

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Virgo