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NGC 5846 Group
The Virgo III Groups, or Virgo III Cloud, are a series of at least 75 galactic clusters and individual galaxies stretching approximately off the eastern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. Parts of it are in the constellations Virgo, Libra, and Serpens Caput. It is located approximately to from the Solar System, at a right ascension of to . These clusters include: *NGC 5248 Group: ** NGC 5248 **UGC 8575 ** UGC 8614 *NGC 5364 Group: **NGC 5300 **NGC 5348 **NGC 5356 ** NGC 5360 **NGC 5363 **NGC 5364 *NGC 5506 Group: ** IC 976 **NGC 5496 **NGC 5506 **NGC 5507 **UGC 9057 *NGC 5566 Group: **NGC 5560 **NGC 5566 **NGC 5569 **NGC 5574 **NGC 5576 **NGC 5577 ** UGC 9215 *NGC 5638 Group: ** IC 1024 ** NGC 5636 **NGC 5638 **NGC 5668 ** UGC 9310 ** UGC 9380 *NGC 5746 Group: **NGC 5658 **NGC 5690 **NGC 5691 ** NGC 5692 **NGC 5705 ** NGC 5713 **NGC 5719 **NGC 5725 **NGC 5740 ** NGC 5746 **NGC 5750 ** UGC 9299 **UGC 9469 ** UGC 9482 * NGC 5775 Group: ** IC 1066 ** IC 1067 ** IC 1070 ** NGC 577 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgo (constellation)
Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for maiden, and its old astronomical symbol is (♍︎). Lying between Leo (constellation), Leo to the west and Libra (constellation), Libra to the east, it is the second-largest constellation in the sky (after Hydra (constellation), Hydra) and the largest constellation in the zodiac. The ecliptic intersects the celestial equator within this constellation and Pisces (constellation), Pisces. Underlying these technical two definitions, the sun passes directly overhead of the equator, within this constellation, at the September equinox. Virgo can be easily found through its brightest star, Spica. Location Virgo is prominent in the spring sky in the Northern Hemisphere, visible all night in March and April. As the largest zodiac constellation, the Sun takes 44 days to pass through it, longer than any other. From 1990 and until 2062, this will take place from September 16 to October 30. It is located in the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
