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Zaniah is the designation of the star Eta Virginis. Zaniah is 100 light-years distant from the sun, and has an apparent brightness of +3,9 mag and the spectral type of A2. As Zaniah is near the ecliptic, it can be occulted by the moon and (very rarely!) by planets. The last occultation of Zaniah by a planet took place on September 27, 1843 by Venus, which will cover it again on November 19, 2445. The Pleiades star cluster A star is any massive gaseous body in outer space, just like the Sun. ... See VIRGO (physics) for a French-Italian project in physics. ... In this July, 1997 still frame captured from video, the bright star Aldebaran has just reappeared on the dark limb of the waning crescent moon in this predawn occultation. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Zaniah is about 204 light years distant from the Sun, and has apparent magnitude +3.9 and is of spectral type A2IV.
Although the star looks single in any telescope lunar occultations have shown this star to be a very close triple star system consisting of two stars only 0.5 AU apart with a thrid slightly more distant star.
Because Zaniah is near the ecliptic, it can be occulted by the Moon and (very rarely) by planets.
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