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Sunset: 19:10
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Zavijava - β Virginis (beta Virginis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:02 | Tran: 13:08 | Set: 19:14
Alt: 13.41°   Az: 255.36°   Direction: West-South-West

Zavijava, also designated as β Virginis (beta Virginis), is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Virgo.

Zavijava visual magnitude is 3.61. Because of its moderate brightness, Zavijava 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 Zavijava - β Virginis (beta Virginis) star
DSS2 image of Zavijava. The red arrow shows the motion of Zavijava during the next 1000 years (12.38 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 51m 57s
+01° 37’ 38”
04h 41m 14s
16h 33m 12s

J2000

11h 50m 41s
+01° 45’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

270.5°
60.75°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Zavijava - β Virginis (beta Virginis) star
Simplified finder chart for Zavijava - β Virginis (beta Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.61
Main-sequence

3.42
F9V
6170K

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

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

Star System Properties

Zavijava is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Zavijava double sysyem:

3.61
8.61
5
512.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Zavijava is distant 35.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

10.90
35.54
5 km/s
0.743 arcsec/y
-0.271"/y

Alternative Designations

Zavijava
β Virginis
(beta Virginis)
SAO119076
SAO119076

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 88.4°
Max altitude: 40.1°
Azimuth: 271.6°