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What is the star of Virgo?

The main star of Virgo is Spica, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth. The main star of Virgo is Spica, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth. The main star of Virgo is Spica, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth. The main star of Virgo is Spica, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth.


Is the first star in the sky a star?

It depends. In many cases the first "star" you see in the evening sky is Venus, which is a planet.


Is Venus the first star seen in the eastern sky?

Venus is a planet, not a star. It is sometimes called the Morning star and the Evening star because it is often the first object in the night sky to be seen in the evening and the last to be seen in the morning. Whether you see it in the morning or the evening depends on where it is in its orbit.


In what direction did the kings see his star?

When the three Kings saw the star, it was in the eastern sky. The Star of Bethlehem that announced the birth of the Christ Child is believed to have been the first comet of note.


What is the star that appears to the left under the moon in the morning sky?

Venus Looks like a star in the sky but is a planet which shines with light from the sun. Called both the Evening Star and the Morning Star but is not a star.

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What is the star of Virgo?

The main star of Virgo is Spica, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth. The main star of Virgo is Spica, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth. The main star of Virgo is Spica, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth. The main star of Virgo is Spica, is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth.


Where is spica located in the sky?

virgo


Who spotted another planet first?

The first to look up at the night sky.


Is the first star in the sky a star?

It depends. In many cases the first "star" you see in the evening sky is Venus, which is a planet.


What are the 3 stars in the Western sky creaing a triangle?

Saturn at the top, Spica and Mars.


Where was the first star found?

In the sky.


What is the brigthest star in the constellation Virgo?

"Spica (α Vir / α Virginis / Alpha Virginis) is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant fromEarth. A blue giant, it is a variable of the Beta Cephei type."


How is spice different from proximate centaur?

I can only assume you mean to ask the difference between Spica and Proxima Centauri. Spica, or Alpha Virginis, the 15th brightest star in the sky, is a blue giant. It's about 250 light years from Earth. Proxima Centauri is only 4.24 light years from the sun, the nearest known star ( apart from the sun) to Earth. It's a red dwarf and invisible to the naked eye.


What can you use to make a wish?

A wishing well, or a shooting star or the first star in the sky at night


Who first spotted the moon?

There is no first person to have seen the moon. The moon is plainly visible in the night sky and has been since long before there were people.


What is the first star in the night sky?

The north star is usually the first star in the night-sky. NO! Depending on ones position, in the Northern hemisphere Sirius, Arcturus, Rigel are the most visible on rising and across the sky. "Polaris" is of a smaller magnitude and thus not seen so readily. One may also refer to planets as being the first "star" in the sky, Venus and Jupiter 'rising' similarly bright depending on your latitude and obviously longitude.


When was the first comet recorded in history in the UK?

Halley's Comet has the distinction of being the first recorded comet spotted from the UK. In 1066, people from all over Europe spotted the comet when it flew across the sky the evening of April 24.