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Spica is the brightest object in the constellation of Virgo and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation α Virginis, which is Latinised to Alpha Virginis and abbreviated Alpha Vir or α Vir. Analysis of its parallax shows that it is located 250 ± 10 light-years from the Sun. [3]
The 7 main stars of Virgo form 2 distinct star patterns: Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon and Eta Virginis; form an asterism known as "The Bowl of Virgo". Together with Spica and Theta Virginis, they form a Y shape. The star 70 Virginis has one of the first known extrasolar planetary systems with one confirmed planet 7.5 times the mass of Jupiter.
List of stars in Virgo. 19 languages. ... nearby variable star, has a circumbinary planet HD 119130: 119130: 13 h 41 m 30.0 s: −09° 56′ 46″ ...
Delta Virginis (δ Virginis, abbreviated Del Vir, δ Vir), formally named Minelauva / ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ l ɔː v ə /, [13] is a star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo. With an apparent visual magnitude of 3.4, [5] this star is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. It is located at a distance of about 202 light-years (62 parsecs) from ...
Spica is a binary blue-white star pair that appears as a single point of light from Earth, and is commonly if incorrectly referred to as a single star. The star system is 250 light years away and has an apparent magnitude of 1.04. [13] It is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and is the 15th brightest star in the night sky. [14]
Xi Virginis (ξ Vir, ξ Virginis) is a solitary [11] star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo. It is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.83. [2] The distance to this star is about 122 light years, as determined from parallax readings. [1]
Theta Virginis (θ Vir, θ Virginis) is a multiple star system in the zodiac constellation of Virgo. Based upon parallax measurements, it is about 320 light years from the Sun. The three [9] stars in this system have a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.37, [2] bright enough to be seen with the naked eye.
Mu Virginis, Latinized from μ Virginis, is a star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo. It was listed in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket as rijl al-‘awwā’, Arabic رجل العواء, meaning "The foot of the barking (dog)". [10] With an apparent visual magnitude of 3.88, [2] it is bright enough