Yellow-white main-sequence star · Virgo

Zavijava

Also known as: β Virginis (β Vir), HIP 57757

mag 3.636 light-years

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Zavijava (β Virginis) is a yellow-white main-sequence star of magnitude 3.6 in Virgo, about 36 light-years away.

Zavijava is in the constellation Virgo.
Best evenings: around early May it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from north of 78° S.

When it rises and sets tonight, how high it climbs and how much the Moon gets in the way are worked out in your browser for your place.

EyesVisible from the suburbs on a clear night, but lost in bright city skies.
Binoculars (10×50)A sharp point; binoculars bring out its colour and the fainter stars around it.
Telescope (6–8 inch)Still a point of light at any magnification — stars are too far away to show a disc. Low in the sky, bright stars twinkle and flash colours.

Stars look the same in any instrument: brighter and sharper, but never bigger.

Proper name	Zavijava
Designation	β Virginis (β Vir)
Hipparcos number	HIP 57757
Type	Yellow-white main-sequence star
Spectral type	F8V
Colour	YellowB−V colour index 0.52
Magnitude	3.6The smaller the number, the brighter.
Distance	36 light-yearsThe light you see left it around 1990.
Proper motion	0.79″ per year across the sky
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension (J2000)	11h 50m 41.7s
Declination (J2000)	+01° 45′ 53″