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The constellation of Virgo in Hipparchus corresponds to two Babylonian constellations: the "Furrow" in the eastern sector of Virgo and the "Frond of Erua" in the western sector. The Frond of Erua was depicted as a goddess holding a palm-frond – a motif that still occasionally appears in much later depictions of Virgo. [9]
Virgo A, Virgo X-1, NGC 4486, UGC 7654, PGC 41361, VCC 1316, Arp 152, 3C 274, [5] 3U 1228+12. [ 9 ] Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486 , generally abbreviated to M87 ) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains several trillion stars.
NGC 4487 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy lies about 55 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 4487 is approximately 65,000 light years across. [1] It was discovered by William Herschel on March 23, 1789. [3]
W Virginis is the prototype W Virginis variable, a subclass of the Cepheid variable stars. It is located in the constellation Virgo, and varies between magnitudes 9.46 and 10.75 over a period of approximately 17 days.
NGC 4273 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo.Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2727 ± 24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 131.2 ± 9.3 Mly (40.23 ± 2.84 Mpc). [1]
ν Virginis, Latinized as Nu Virginis, is a single [9] star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo, located at the western tip of the classic constellation and nearly due south of the prominent star Denebola. [10] It is a red-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.04 [2] and can be seen with the naked eye.
A1689B11 is an extremely old spiral galaxy located in the Abell 1689 galaxy cluster in the Virgo constellation. [2] The disk of A1689B11 is cool and thin, yet it produced stars at thirty times the rate of the Milky Way.
Eta Virginis (η Virginis, abbreviated Eta Vir, η Vir) is a triple star system in the zodiac constellation of Virgo.From parallax measurements, it is about 246 light-years (75 parsecs) from the Sun. [5] It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 3.89, [2] bright enough to be seen with the naked eye in dark skies.