Today I'll tell you about one out of 12 zodiacal constellations called Virgo. As you can guess, Virgo is a mythological name. Ancient civilizations had their ideas about who Virgo was, and these versions range from Isis, the Egyptian mother of goddess, to Ishtar of the Sumerian-Chaldean civilizations, to Ceres, the goddess of agriculture of the Greeks and Romans. Almost always she was presented as a maiden.
Virgo constellation is very spread out, and so difficult to locate. Most often it is depicted as rectangle with its brightest star - Spica - at the lower right corner. At early times Spica represented some harvest agricultural product. Virgo is a very interesting and fascinating constellation, but the major attraction for astronomers is the Virgo super cluster of galaxies. And many of these galaxies can be easily seen with your
astronomical binoculars. But remember that in order to find them in your
observation binoculars, look for the fuzzy, small clumps of light. And believe me that it'll be worth it to spend some time with your
binoculars searching the sky, because most likely you'll see more than just one constellation with many double stars there too!
Have fun and clear skies to you!