Zaniah is the designation of the fixed star Eta Virginis. Zaniah is 100 light-years distant and possesses an apparent brightness of +3,9 mag and a spectral type of a2. Zaniah can as eclipticnear star of the moon and (very rarely!) by planets to be covered. The last coverage of Zaniah by a planet took place on 27 September 1843 via the Venus, which will take place next on 19 November 2445 again via the Venus. [ 1 ] (http://www.marco peuschel.de/planetensterne.html).
The stars gamma Virginis, etaVirginis, beta Virginis, nu Virginis, and omicron Virginis form the virgin's head: all of these stars are of fourth magnitude except gamma Virginis which is of third magnitude.
The stars gamma Virginis, delta Virginis, zeta Virginis, alpha Virginis, and theta Virginis form the virgin's blouse: alpha Virginis, also known as Spica, is of the first magnitude, whereas zeta Virginis is of the third magnitude.
The stars alpha Virginis, zeta Virginis, tau Virginis, iota Virginis, and kappa Virginis form the virgin's skirt: the last three stars being of the fourth magnitude.
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