Zeta Volantis [SEP] constellation
Zeta Volantis
Zeta Volantis (ζ Vol, ζ Volantis) is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Volans. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.93, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately 141 light years from the Sun. The companion is a magnitude 9.7 star at an angular separation of 16.7″. Based upon their motion through space, this system made its perihelion passage some 858,000 years ago when it came within of the Sun. It is
the Germans to restore defences that had been removed to allow the evacuation.
On 9 October, the 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade (Major-General Alois Liška) took over the siege. The Czechoslovaks executed frequent raids into the eastern suburbs for nuisance effect and to take prisoners; an attack on 28 October (Czechoslovak independence day) lifted 300 prisoners. There was a flurry of attacks and retaliatory counter-attacks, mostly on the eastern perimeter in November 1944. Conditions on both sides were difficult in the winter. The low