Constellations
Virgo (Vir)
The Maiden
Also known as maiden, virgin.
6 looks for Virgo
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Virgo
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Maiden
- IAU abbreviation
- Vir
- Its stars are named
- Virginis (as in "Alpha Virginis")
- Family
- The zodiac
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in May
- Centre
- Right ascension 13h 16m, declination −0° 24′
- The figure
- 13 stars joined by 12 lines
- Brightest star
- Spica, magnitude 0.98
Star patterns in it: Great Diamond.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Spica (α Vir)mag 0.98
- Vindemiatrix (ε Vir)mag 2.83
- Porrima (γ Vir)mag 2.91
- Heze (ζ Vir)mag 3.37
- Minelauva (δ Vir)mag 3.38
- Zavijava (β Vir)mag 3.61
- 109 Virmag 3.72
- Rijl al Awwa (μ Vir)mag 3.88
- Zaniah (η Vir)mag 3.89
- ν Virmag 4.03
- Syrma (ι Vir)mag 4.08
- τ Virmag 4.26
- Apami-Atsa (θ Vir)mag 4.38
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation