70 Virginis

70 Virginis is a yellow dwarf star approximately 58 light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It is rather unusually bright for its spectral type and may be just starting to evolve into the subgiant phase. In 1996, 70 Virginis was discovered to have an extrasolar planet in orbit around it. There is also a dust disc at a temperature of 156 K located about 3.4 AU from the star.

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Virgo

Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for virgin, and its symbol is (Unicode ♍). Lying between Leo to the west and Libra to the east, it is the second largest constellation in the sky. It can be easily found through its brightest star, Spica. The bright Spica makes it...
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