Virgo constellation. Star Spica (at centre) in the constellation of Virgo. Spica or alpha virginis is the 16th brightest star visible from Earth. Spica represents Virgo's left hand; it is often depicted holding a sheaf of wheat. Virgo is a large constellation which cover 1294 square degrees of sky. Virgo is also known as the "Realm of the Nebulae",a term coined by the astronomer Edwin Hubble in the 1920s; it describes the Virgo galaxy cluster (not seen here),a cluster containing several thousand galaxies | |
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