- Stars with a name
- Spica
Spica
α Virginis
Spica is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Virgo. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1776.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in April, May, and June.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 0.98.
What it’s like
It gives off 2,070 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 14,200 degrees Celsius.
It is 249.7 light years away: 2363 trillion kilometres.