Virgo Vir
Virgo is one of the 88 constellations, covering 1,296 square degrees of the sky (2nd largest). It is highest at midnight in April and best in the evening sky in May and June.
23 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Vir |
|---|---|
| Size | 1,296 square degrees (2nd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 13h 17m, −3° |
| Highest at midnight | April (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: May and June) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 67° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 37°. |
| Pages here | 23 objects |
Galaxies
12Star clusters
1Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
3Planetary systems
2Stars
5Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M49 · NGC 4472 | Galaxy | 8.3 | 10.2′ |
| M104 · NGC 4594 (Sombrero Galaxy) | Galaxy | 8.6 | 8.5′ |
| M60 · NGC 4649 | Galaxy | 8.8 | 6.8′ |
| M86 · NGC 4406 | Galaxy | 8.9 | 11.5′ |
| M87 · NGC 4486 (Virgo Galaxy) | Galaxy | 9 | 7.1′ |
| NGC 4697 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.4 | 7.1′ |
| NGC 4365 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.4 | 5.1′ |
| NGC 4699 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.5 | 4′ |
| M90 · NGC 4569 | Galaxy | 9.5 | 9.1′ |
| M59 · NGC 4621 | Galaxy | 9.6 | 4.6′ |
| NGC 4526 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.6 | 9.6′ |
| NGC 4753 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.7 | 6.5′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits