Spica is a rotating ellipsoidal variable, which is a non-eclipsing close binary star system where the stars are mutually distorted through their gravitational interaction. This effect causes the …

2024年5月19日 · The star Spica – aka Alpha Virginis – is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden. From a distance of about 250 light-years , Spica appears to us on Earth as …

2025年1月8日 · Spica is the 15th brightest star in the sky and the brightest in the Virgo constellation. The star is also known as Alpha Virginis and is situated around 250 light-years …

2019年10月8日 · Spica, Alpha Virginis (α Vir), is a blue-white spectroscopic binary star located at a distance of 250 light years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. With an apparent magnitude …

2025年3月17日 · Spica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo. Also, it is ranked as the 15th brightest star overall (or 16th, if you count the Sun ). Learn the brightest stars, their …

2014年8月25日 · Spica, Alpha Virginis, is the brightest star in the southern constellation Virgo and the 16th brightest star in the sky. It is a blue subgiant star located at a distance of 250 light …

Spica, brightest star in the zodiacal constellation Virgo and one of the 15 brightest in the entire sky, having an apparent visual magnitude of 1.04. It is a bluish star; spectroscopic examination …

The history of the star: Spica. from p.466 of Star Names, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889. Alpha (α) Virgo, Spica, is a binary, brilliant flushed white star marking the Ear of Wheat shown in the …

2020年1月20日 · Spica is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo, and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky. It is the 17 th brightest star, and it is a spectroscopic binary star …

Spica Star – Features & Facts About Alpha Virginis. Spica, also known as Alpha Virginis, is the brightest star in the southern constellation Virgo and the 16th brightest star in the night sky. It …