Stars of Virgo
36 entries in the Stars of Virgo compendium.
NGC 5846Giant elliptical galaxy with active nucleus and many globular clusters.WD 1145+017 bFirst minor planet observed transiting a white dwarf star.Ross 128A red dwarf and the nearest star in Virgo.61 VirginisA Sun-like star with three known exoplanets and a debris disk.K2-229bAn iron-rich exoplanet with a Mercury-like core.WASP-24F-type star with hot Jupiter WASP-24b in Virgo.WD 1145+017First white dwarf with a transiting disintegrating planetesimal.Eta VirginisTriple star system in Virgo, visible to the naked eye.Beta VirginisFifth-brightest star in Virgo, near end of main sequence.59 VirginisG-type star with a directly imaged substellar companion.Virgo Stellar StreamA stellar stream thought to be a merging dwarf spheroidal galaxy.Gamma VirginisBinary star system in Virgo with two nearly identical components.Zeta VirginisBinary star in Virgo with a variable A-type primary.Lambda VirginisBinary star system in Virgo with chemically peculiar components.Epsilon VirginisThird-brightest star in Virgo, a yellow giant.WASP-107bA low-density super-Neptune with a comet-like helium tail.PSR B1257+12 BOne of the first exoplanets discovered, orbiting a pulsar.AH VirginisA contact binary in Virgo with large light-curve variations.38 Virginis bA gas giant in the habitable zone of an F-type star.K2-229A K-dwarf with three transiting exoplanets.Phi VirginisA binary star in Virgo, visible to the naked eye.HD 126614A trinary star system with a super metal-rich primary and one exoplanet.M60-UCD1One of the densest and most black hole dominated galaxies known.70 VirginisYellow-hued star with a planet and a dusty disc.Chi VirginisA K-type giant star with a massive planet.Wild's TripletA triplet of spiral galaxies with a tidal bridge.FG VirginisA Delta Scuti variable with many pulsation modes near the ecliptic.NY VirginisBinary star with debated planetary system inferred from eclipse timing.PSR B1257+12 AThe innermost pulsar planet and least massive known planet.HW VirginisEclipsing binary with disputed planetary claims.AG VirginisEclipsing binary in Virgo, W Ursae Majoris type, 820 ly away.BH VirginisEclipsing binary with RS CVn variability in Virgo.HD 106315F5V star with two transiting exoplanets in Virgo.SW VirginisA semi-regular variable red giant in Virgo.IC 719A lenticular galaxy with counterrotating stellar disks in Virgo.HD 109271Binary star with two hot Neptune exoplanets in Virgo.
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