CONSTELLATION MAJOR MINOR AUSTRALIS BOREALIS NIGHT SKY GUIDE THE NIGHT SKY VIRGO CONSTELLATION LIES SOUTHERN NAME MEANS SYMBOL VIRGO THE GREEK ASTRONOMER PTOLEMY THE 2ND ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE NIGHT AUTUMN EQUINOX CLOSE THE STAR BETA VIRGINIS POINTS IN THE SKY CELESTIAL EQUATOR INTERSECTS LARGEST THE ONLY SIZE DEEP SKY OBJECTS BRIGHT GALAXIES MESSIER THE SOMBRERO GALAXY THE EYES SIAMESE TWINS QUASAR LOCATION MAGAZINE AREA SQUARE DEGREES THE THIRD QUADRANT SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SEEN LATITUDES NEIGHBORING CONSTELLATIONS COMA BERENICES LIBRA SERPENS CAPUT ELEVEN MESSIER 49 NGC 4472 MESSIER 58 NGC 4579 MESSIER 59 NGC 4621 MESSIER 60 NGC 4649 MESSIER 61 NGC 4303 MESSIER 84 NGC 4374 MESSIER 86 NGC 4406 MESSIER 87 NGC 4486 MESSIER 89 NGC 4552 MESSIER 90 NGC 4569 MESSIER 104 NGC 4594 SOMBRERO GALAXY STARS STAR ALPHA VIRGINIS APPARENT VISUAL MAGNITUDE METEOR SHOWERS VIRGINIDS BELONGS TO THE ZODIAC FAMILY CAPRICORNUS AQUARIUS MYTH GODDESS OF JUSTICE DIKE DAUGHTER ZEUS GREEK TITANESS EAR OF WHEAT LEFT MARKED BRIGHT STAR REPRESENTING THE SCALES OF JUSTICE SOMETIMES FATHER GODDESS GREEK MYTHOLOGY LIVED THE GOLDEN AGE MORTAL EARTH RULE HUMAN PROSPERITY EVERLASTING HUMANS NEVER PROPHECY THE BEGINNING OF SILVER FOUR SEASONS LONGER THE GODS GAVE SPEECH ENTIRE WARNING DANGERS LEAVING BEHIND IDEALS SAYING TO COME TURNING BACK ON BRONZE IRON AGES WARRING THEMSELVES THE EARTH IDENTIFIED CORN ATARGATIS SYRIAN ICARIUS HANGED HERSELF FATHERS VERSION BOTES PROCYON CANIS MINOR LOYAL ERATOSTHENES HYGINUS ASSOCIATE EVEN THOUGH TYCHE HOLDING THE HORN PLENTY MARKS THE EAR GRAIN MAJOR STARS SPICA VIRGINIS THE 15TH APPARENT MAGNITUDE ROTATING ELLIPSOIDAL VARIABLE CLOSE BINARY STAR SYSTEM COMPONENTS DO NOT ECLIPSE EACH OTHER DISTORTED GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTION COMES LATIN SPCA CLASSIFIED BLUE GIANT LIGHT YEARS THE SOLAR SYSTEM MASSIVE DOUBLE STARS PRIMARY MIDWAY SUBGIANT GIANT STAGE EVOLUTION CLASS TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN COMPONENT MAIN SEQUENCE STAR SPECTRAL TYPE RARE SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY SPECTRAL LINES WEAKER SHIFT TOWARD THE RED THE SPECTRUM THE STARS MOVE AWAY APPROACH THE LINES THE BLUE THE EFFECT THE RUSSIAN ASTRONOMER OTTO STRUVE LIGHT YEARS AWAY EVOLVED ENOUGH EXPLODE TYPE II SUPERNOVA BETA CEPHEI TYPE VARIABLE CHANGES BRIGHTNESS AT THE POINT MAXIMUM HELPED MATHEMATICIAN HIPPARCHUS DISCOVER PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES IN 12 AXIAL PRECESSION GRADUAL CHANGE EARTHS AXIS MEASURED LONGITUDE REGULUS LEO AMONG OTHERS DATA MEASUREMENTS AUTUMNAL EQUINOX EVENT SEPTEMBER 22 TILT NEITHER AWAY THE CENTRE THE SUN PLANE NICOLAUS COPERNICUS COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATIONS RESEARCHING THE EASIEST WAY FIND FOLLOW DIPPERS HANDLE ARCTURUS CONTINUE ZAVIJAVA SPECTRAL CLASS DESIGNATED FIFTH TRADITIONAL ZAVIJAH DERIVED ARABIC CORNER BARKING DOG PORRIMA GAMMA VIRGINIS BINARY STAR GODDESSES ARICH TRANSLATED ANGLE THE BARKER DELTA EPSILON VIRGINIS ASTERISM VISUAL MAGNITUDE SYSTEM SIMILAR VISUAL AUVA DELTA VIRGINIS BELONGING RADIUS MOVING THE SPEED 30 KM MOTION NEIGHBOURING SEMIREGULAR VARIABLE MAGNITUDE DWARF ARC SECONDS THE DWARF BELIEVED ORBIT PERIOD CONFIRMED SIMPLY VINDEMIATRIX LUMINOUS GRAPE GATHERER HEZE ZETA VIRGINIS ORIGIN TWICE THE MASS RADIUS OF THE SUN ZANIAH ETA VIRGINIS TRIPLE STAR SYSTEM WITH THE NAKED EYE THREE STARS CANT THE SYSTEM ASTRONOMICAL UNITS APART 72 DAYS THE THIRD STAR BIT ORBITS PAIR SYRMA IOTA VIRGINIS WORD RIJL AL AWWA MU VIRGINIS YELLOW STAR FOOT 70 VIRGINIS RENDERED CHRIS LAUREL YELLOW DWARF BRIGHTER EXTRASOLAR PLANET DISCOVERED IN THE STARS CHI VIRGINIS VISIBLE NAKED ORANGE GIANT DOUBLE SOLAR PLANET JUPITER 61 VIRGINIS MINUTE EXPOSURE TELESCOPE APPEAR FROM A DISTANCE KEVIN YELLOW SEQUENCE DISK STAR ALMOST IDENTICAL COMPOSITION LESS THE EQUATOR BILLION YEARS POTENTIAL SUPER EARTH BELOW SMALLER GAS GIANTS URANUS NEPTUNE 109 VIRGINIS WHITE MAIN THE SEVENTH NU VIRGINIS SEMIREGULAR VARIABLE STAR MEAN VIRGO CLUSTER DEEP IMAGE MIHOS COLLEAGUES BURRELL SCHMIDT TELESCOPE SHOWS DIFFUSE LIGHT THE CLUSTER NORTH EAST TO THE LEFT THE DARK SPOTS FOREGROUND GALAXY THE PICTURE GALAXY CLUSTER THE CONSTELLATIONS MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY VIRGO SUPERCLUSTER CLUSTER OF GALAXIES THE LOCAL GROUP TURN THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY THE MILKY WAY UP TO ONES EARLY 19TH CENTURY NEBULAE MESSIER OBJECTS NIELSEN ELLIPTICAL GALAXY CHARLES MESSIER GRAVITATIONALLY DWARF IRREGULAR GALAXY GLOBULAR 10 BILLION CANDIDATES STELLAR MASS BLACK GRAVITATIONAL THE LAST THE GALAXY SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE SOLAR MASSES SUPERNOVA INFRARED IMAGE OF SPACE TELESCOPE BARRED SPIRAL GALAXY OF 10 ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES SUPERNOVAE JUNE 1989 THE GERMAN JOHANN GOTTFRIED KOEHLER SUBSEQUENTLY MESSIER CATALOGUE NASA GIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXY OPTICAL DISK THE DISK EVIDENCE THE IMAGE THE PUBLIC IMAGE ARCHIVE SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE SPIRAL MEMBER THE ITALIAN BARNABUS ORIANI HUNDRED LENTICULAR GALAXY INNER CORE DISK FAST ROTATING GAS OUR GALAXY KILOMETRES PER SECOND FALLING THE HEART THE OPPOSITE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SUPERGIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXY VIRGO CLUSTER OF GALAXIES THE BORDER RADIO SOURCES
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