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Subject: Moon & Spica star that marks the wheat in Virgo's hand 3-9 &3-10
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EXCERPT: "Spica is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo, and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky. It is the 17th brightest star, and it is a spectroscopic binary star being a rotating ellipsoidal variable." https://nineplanets.org/spica-%CE%B1-virginis/ misc. https://universemagazine.com/en/main-astronomical-events-of-march-2023/ https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spica |
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Subject: Re: Moon & Spica star that marks the wheat in Virgo's hand 3-9 &3-10 ...
URL: https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/Spica.html
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EXCERPT: Spica (Alpha Virginis) is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo. Prominent in the southeast in northern spring evenings, it can easily be found by following the curve of the Big Dipper's handle through Arcturus and then down. Spica lies about 10° south of the celestial equator and practically on the ecliptic, so that it is regularly occulted by the Moon. The Sun passes Spica in the fall, rendering the star a harvest symbol that is reflected in its name, from the Latin meaning "ear of wheat." 
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