Virgo is one of the 12 zodiac constellations, first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Zeta Virginis has twice the mass and radius of the Sun. Their apparent magnitude is 10.9 and is estimated to be 59.4 million light-years from the solar system. The constellation Virgo contains 15 named stars. The stars traditional name, Syrma, comes from the Arabic word sirm, which means train (of a garment). They bring life into a room and uplift the mood. NGC 4435 is a barred lenticular galaxy. It has a mass 1.4 times solar, but with a radius 48 times that of the Sun, it is about 468 times more luminous. The Sombrero Galaxy was discovered by Pierre Mchain in March 1767 and later included in the Messier catalogue. The Mercury is an airy planet, associated with all forms of communication and the in-flow and out-flow of intelligence. A supernova was observed in the galaxies in 2004. Also known as M90 or Messier 90, this spiral galaxy exhibits less star formation than usual due to a phenomenon called ram pressure stripping. The early Babylonians referred to part of the Virgo constellation as "The Furrow." Virgo is The neighboring Zodiac constellations are Leo and Libra. You can see the. Zeus then decided that Persephone would have to return to the underworld for part of the year. Virgos bright star Spica makes it easy to locate this constellation. It is located at a distance of 45Mly from Earth (redshift 0.0075), and has an unusually dusty disk with a diameter of 300ly. Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. As the largest zodiac constellation, the Sun takes 44 days to pass through it, longer than any other. The galaxy is believed to have a supermassive black hole with 565 million solar masses at its core. In the sky, the Virgin stands between Leo the Lion and Libra the Scales, but there is no mythological connection between them in the Virgo story.