Talk:Virgo (constellation)

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Um,yeah I dont believe in this stuff, but I wanted to know a few questions about Virgo?? Is that the whole name, or is there more than Virgo?? And what is its brightest star?? My science teacher expects us to know every thing about our constellations, and I cant find any of that information. Thanks.

Origin of Virgo

In a by-the-way fashion the Isis article mentions that this constellation didn't exist in ancient Egypt yet. Was it introduced by the late Romans under the influence of Christianity? --P.jasons (talk) 17:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Virgo and Dark matter

While reading the book The Goldilocks Enigma by Paul Davies, I found a mention of Virgo in the chapter on Dark Forces in the Cosmos. It stated that the solar system is moving toward the constellation Virgo at the rate of 300 km per second. That is the direction in which galactic Dark matter would be encountered if it can be detected. I think this is an interesting factoid with regards to Virgo.

--jwalling (talk) 22:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Theta or Upsilon?

I don't know beans about astronomy, but I was an Air Force Navigator and learned a bit about the celestial sphere. Also, I never memorized the Greek alphabet, but I'm smart enough to know how to look it up. So, armed with that small amount of information, I'm confused about the star that appears to be labelled "upsilon" in the chart provided here. When I go to the Wikipedia article for "upsilon virginis" it gives coordinates that don't match the location of the star on this chart. In this chart, this particular star appears to be located at about 13hr 10m RA, and -5° 30' declination. And those coordinates match pretty closely with theta virginis, not upsilon virginis. But, as I said, I'm no astronomer, so maybe someone smarter than me can explain this to me.74.196.127.243 (talk) 18:29, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

When you are looking at Upsilon Virginis on your chart, you are actually looking at Theta Virginis. I think that's the navigational error about labelling stars with greek letters in respective constellations. BlueEarth (talk | contribs) 19:56, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Images seem to conflict

Is there a reason that the images http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VirgoCC.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virgo_constellation_map.svg conflict? They contain different stars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.210.156.222 (talk) 13:57, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Citation needed

There is a citation needed tag on the last sentence of the lead, however the first paragraph after the lead appears to have the needed citation. Why is this tag there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.60.225.4 (talk) 03:17, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

--L.W.C. Nirosh —added by C nirosh (talk • contribs) 08:53, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Trying to clean up the Mythology section

"The constellation was also known as "AB.SIN" and "absinnu". For this reason the constellation became associated with fertility.[6] " What does the bit about "AB.SIN" or "absinnu" have to do with the association with fertility? Is this just some misplaced intrusion? The sentence about associations with fertility makes more sense coming after the sentence before the one about "absinnu". --Khajidha (talk) 16:11, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Virgo.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Virgo.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 12, 2017. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2017-07-12. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 06:50, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Picture of the day

The constellation Virgo ('the virgin') as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c. 1825. Virgo is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac, and the second largest of the 88 modern constellations. Aside from its brightest star, Spica, the constellation also contains the quasar 3C 273 (the first quasar discovered) and several galaxy clusters.Illustration: Sidney Hall; restoration: Adam Cuerden

Disambiguation vandalism

Have you guys seen the disambiguation page for "Virgo", "Virgo (constellation)" entry? There is some love declaration of a guy there. No idea how to edit it.

"VIRGOS, such as JOSS EDWARDS, are drop dead gorgeous people, full of life and bundling with intellect, and have a special passion for GEMINIS, such as MISCHA FRAZER. Direct quote from VIRGO —// dialogue insert //— “please unblock me Mischa your laugh is actually really cute I was just being a bit of a dick” —// end dialogue //—" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 179.95.72.127 (talk) 04:42, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

That little piece of vandalism certainly slipped through the net. Should be sorted now. Lithopsian (talk) 11:12, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

HD 120352

HD 120352 Alban — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.35.45.86 (talk) 21:11, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

And? Lithopsian (talk) 13:48, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Virgo

What.dose the emoji look like 2001:5B0:41CD:748:DCBD:220B:1C1B:7B4B (talk) 05:36, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Having a look, it is ♍︎, which can be seen from e.g. the article itself at the top. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:33, 4 September 2022 (UTC)