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Sunset: 19:00
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Zaniah - η Virginis (eta Virginis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:27 | Tran: 13:21 | Set: 19:15
Alt: 36.26°   Az: 198.27°   Direction: South-South-West

Zaniah, also designated as η Virginis (eta Virginis), is a variable and multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Virgo.

Zaniah visual magnitude is 3.89. Because of its moderate brightness, Zaniah 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 Zaniah - η Virginis (eta Virginis) star
DSS2 image of Zaniah. The red arrow shows the motion of Zaniah during the next 10000 years (-10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 21m 10s
-00° 48’ 14”
00h 58m 34s
13h 19m 44s

J2000

12h 19m 54s
-00° 40’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

286.4°
61.19°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Zaniah - η Virginis (eta Virginis) star
Simplified finder chart for Zaniah - η Virginis (eta Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.89
Sub-giant

-0.53
A2IV
9882K

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

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

Star System Properties

Zaniah is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Zaniah double sysyem:

3.89
4.39
0.5
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Zaniah is distant 249.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

76.57
249.62
2 km/s
-0.063 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Zaniah
η Virginis
(eta Virginis)
15 Virginis
SAO138721
SAO138721

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 90.8°
Max altitude: 37.7°
Azimuth: 269.2°