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Virgo as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825 Depiction of Virgo, c.1000 In the Babylonian MUL.APIN (c. 10th century BC), part of this constellation was known as "The Furrow", representing the goddess Shala and her ear of grain.
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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.
NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 (nicknamed the Butterfly Galaxies [4] or Siamese Twins [NB 1] [5]) are a set of unbarred spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away [1] in the constellation Virgo. They were both discovered by William Herschel in 1784. They are part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
Chart of Virgo; 109 Virginis forms the Virgin's right foot. 109 Virginis is a single, [9] white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo, located some 134.5 light years away from the Sun. It is the seventh-brightest member of this constellation, having an apparent visual magnitude of +3.72. [2]
NGC 5468 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It is located at a distance of about 140 million light-years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 5468 is about 110,000 light-years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on 5 March 1785. [3]
NGC 5746 (also known as the Mini Sombrero Galaxy [3] [4]) is a barred spiral galaxy located in the eastern part of the constellation of Virgo.It was discovered on 24 February 1786 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. [5]