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ζ Volantis (zeta Volantis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -17.47°   Az: 180.55°   Direction: South

ζ Volantis is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Volans.

ζ Volantis visual magnitude is 3.95. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ Volantis 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 ζ Volantis (zeta Volantis) star
DSS2 image of ζ Volantis. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Volantis during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 41m 29s
-72° 40’ 01”
00h 06m 58s
07h 48m 28s

J2000

07h 41m 49s
-72° 36’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

284.57°
-22.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Volantis (zeta Volantis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.95
Hypergiant

0.88
K0III
4649K

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

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

Star System Properties

ζ Volantis 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 ζ Volantis double sysyem:

3.95
9.75
5.8
16.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Volantis is distant 133.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 48 kilometers per second.

41.05
133.83
48 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Volantis
(zeta Volantis)
SAO256438
SAO256438

Visibility from Your Location

ζ Volantis (zeta Volantis) is currently not visible from Ouazzane, Morocco