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Far from any lights, the sky fills with stars. Drawn from real star positions; bigger dots are brighter stars. See it from a city or the suburbs in the app.

✨ Constellation

Virgo

The Maiden: the biggest constellation of the zodiac, with the bright star Spica.

Name means: The Maiden
Best seen: May evenings
Where to see it: Almost everywhere on Earth
Brightest star: Spica
Stars in the pattern: 13

Did you know?

It is the second-largest constellation in the whole sky, after Hydra.
Thousands of galaxies lie in this direction, including the giant galaxy M87 and its black hole.

In this part of the sky

M87* The first black hole ever photographed.

Sombrero Galaxy A galaxy that looks like a wide-brimmed hat. Leo The Lion, whose head is a backwards question mark of stars. Libra The Scales: the only sign of the zodiac that is an object, not a living thing.

More NASA photos of VirgoStraight from NASA’s image library, in the app

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All of night sky

Orion The Hunter, with three bright stars in a row for his belt. Ursa Major The Great Bear, home of the Big Dipper. Ursa Minor The Little Bear, with Polaris at the tip of its tail. Cassiopeia A bright W of five stars, named after a boastful queen. Scorpius The Scorpion, with red Antares at its heart. Leo The Lion, whose head is a backwards question mark of stars.

Facts: Star patterns: d3-celestial (IAU figures, Hipparcos star data). Stories: traditional Greek and Roman myths. Open Virgo in the app.