The virgo constellation represents the virgin. It received its name from the story of greek mythology: Astrea rejected Zeus because she was in love with Perses. Zeus got mad with Astrea and to take revenge on her, he turned her into a lonely constellation.
If you want to locate it:
Virgo is a Northern Spring Constellation, this means that you can see it during the spring (if you are in the northern hemisphere). The best time to see it is in May at 11:00 p.m.
Find the Big Dipper, then follow the "handle" of the dipper in an arc out into space until you come to the brilliant star Arcturus, in Bootes the Herdsman. From Arcturus, continue the arc until you come to Spica. Spica is the 15th brightest star in the sky and is the most luminous in the Virgo constellation. Spica looks brighter than it actually is because there aren’t any other bright stars in the region of the sky it occupies.
Don’t expect to see a woman,
Virgo constellation looks like a giant letter "A" laying on its side. Spica marks the bottom of the lower side of the "A," which is wavy in appearance.
Anyway, you won’t be able to see it with your naked eyes, nor even a good pair of binoculars.
Don’t expect to see a woman,
Virgo constellation looks like a giant letter "A" laying on its side. Spica marks the bottom of the lower side of the "A," which is wavy in appearance.
Anyway, you won’t be able to see it with your naked eyes, nor even a good pair of binoculars.
