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SpicaPorrimaVindemiatrix

Stick figure for Virgo (Vir)

Stars in this Figure

Star Mag Spectral Type Distance Meaning
Spica0.98B1 · Blue-white binary250 lyLatin for 'Ear of Grain' — Virgo holds a sheaf of wheat. One of the four Royal Stars of antiquity, used by Hipparchus to discover the precession of the equinoxes.
Porrima2.74F0 · Yellow-white binary38 lyNamed for Porrima, Roman goddess of prophecy. One of the finest equal double stars in the sky — twin yellow-white stars orbiting each other.
Vindemiatrix2.85G8 · Yellow giant102 lyLatin for 'The Grape Gatherer' — its heliacal rising in ancient times signaled the grape harvest season in the Mediterranean.