Virgo
Virgo, in astronomy, zodiacal constellation lying in the southern sky between Leo and Libra. The constellation’s brightest star, Spica, is the 15th brightest star in the night sky and can be regarded as a nearly perfect example of a star of the first magnitude. It is a blue giant about 260 light-years from Earth. The star is about twice as big as the sun and its luminosity is 2,300 times that of the sun. It is known as the "ear of wheat" being held by Virgo.
