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[38;5;250m  Spica is a star in Virgo.[0m

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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[38;5;242m  Type            Blue-white subgiant[0m
[38;5;242m  Constellation   Virgo[0m
[38;5;242m  Magnitude       1.0[0m
[38;5;242m  Spectral type   B1III-IV+B2V[0m
[38;5;242m  Distance        262 light years[0m
[38;5;242m  Variable        eclipses every 4.015 days[0m
[38;5;242m  You need        naked eye[0m
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[38;5;242m  Known as[0m
[38;5;242m  Bayer           α Vir[0m
[38;5;242m  Yale            HR 5056[0m

[38;5;242m  what it has been called:  skymap.sh/Spica/about[0m

[38;5;255m  40.00,-83.00 now  ·  22° up in the SW  ·  mag 1.0  ·  ↑ 09:32  ↓ 20:19  ⌃ 14:55[0m
[38;5;242m  Best in the next 12 months on 7 April 2027.[0m

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  Spica is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: the sky is still too bright.[0m
[38;5;250m  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.[0m
[38;5;250m  It clears the horizon between about 16°N and 70°S: Galapagos or Machu Picchu.[0m
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[38;5;250m  You will find it in Virgo.[0m
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[38;5;250m  It is a blue-white subgiant, 262 light years away, so the light reaching you left it in 1764.[0m
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[38;5;250m  It is an eclipsing variable: it next dims at 19:01 on 2026-09-22, and again every 4.015 days.[0m
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[38;5;250m  Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, and this is still bright enough to see with the naked eye.[0m
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[38;5;250m  Best in the next 12 months: 2027-04-07, when it reaches 39° with 6.8 hours of darkness and the Moon 0%[0m
[38;5;250m  lit.[0m

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