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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 20. Chapters: Spica, Beta Tauri, Beta Cephei, Electra, Zeta Orionis, Maia, Alpha Lupi, Zeta Draconis, Alcyone, Gamma Corvi, Beta Centauri, Theta Aquilae, Epsilon Cassiopeiae, Alpha Pyxidis, Blue giant, Beta Crucis, Beta Canis Majoris, Zeta Tauri, Iota Aquilae, Epsilon Delphini, Bellatrix, Epsilon Sagittarii, Gamma Gruis, Upsilon Carinae, Mu Sagittarii, Alpha Pegasi, Pi2 Cygni, Iota Orionis, Kappa Orionis, Kappa Draconis, Omega Carinae, Omicron Andromedae, 43 Camelopardalis, Epsilon Centauri, Kappa Scorpii, Sigma Scorpii, 27 Aquilae, Omicron Persei, Atlas, Nu Arae, Psi9 Aurigae, 27 Canis Majoris, Iota Arae, Tau Capricorni, Omicron Cassiopeiae, 3 Centauri, Rho Aquarii, Sigma Cassiopeiae, Delta Telescopii, Alpha Sculptoris, Lambda Centauri, Tau Andromedae, V761 Centauri, V343 Carinae, Pi4 Orionis, Psi3 Aurigae, Kappa Aquilae, Omega Cassiopeiae, 10 Canis Majoris, Kappa Volantis, Nu Cassiopeiae, Kappa Cancri, Psi Aquilae, Phi Sagittarii, 12 Canis Majoris, HD 79447, Rho Scorpii, 11 Canis Majoris, 101 Piscium. Excerpt: Spica ( Vir, Virginis, Alpha Virginis) is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth. A blue giant, it is a variable of the Beta Cephei type. Spica is believed to be the star that provided Hipparchus with the data which enabled him to discover precession of the equinoxes. A temple to Menat (an early Hathor) at Thebes was oriented with reference to Spica when it was constructed in 3200 BC and, over time, precession resulted in a slow but noticeable change in the location of Spica relative to the temple. Nicolaus Copernicus made many observations of Spica with his home-made triquetrum for his researches on precession. As one of the nearest massive binary star systems to the Sun, Spica has been the subject of many observationa...
