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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5035. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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The star α Virginis, a blue-white giant star, spectral type B1V,
of apparent magnitude 0.98. At a distance of 260 light-years, parallax
0.012'', its absolute magnitude is -3.5. The name means `the Spike' or
`Ear of Wheat', which the Virgin Mary is portrayed holding in the
ancient constellation figures....

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