VINDEMIATRIX
"vine-harvestress"
Other Names
Vindemiator; Vendemiatrix; Almuredin; Provindemiator; Protrigetrix; Protrygetor; Alaraph.
Epsilon Virginis
HR 4932
HD 113226 ...
Vindemiatrix is a yellow G8IIIab giant star having a luminosity about 60 times that of the sun.
Other Designations For This Star
Flamsteed ...
Delta Virginis belongs to a small group to the west of Spica called the "awwa," which may represent some kind of barking dogs (or it may not), composed of Zavijava (Beta Vir), Porrima (Gamma), Vindemiatrix (Epsilon), Zaniah (Eta), ...
Epsilon Virginis is named Vindemiatrix, from the Latin meaning ‘grape-gatherer' or ‘vintager', because its first visible rising before the Sun in August marked the beginning of each year's vintage.
It lies in the north central part (17:33:17+09:01.3, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Virgo, the Maiden -- south of Vindemiatrix (Epsilon Virginis) and north of Auva (Delta Virginis).
In early March, Vesta stands between two modest stars: Vindemiatrix and Delta. Sharing the same binocular field with either star, it snuggles a bit closer to Delta, the dimmer one.
This chart shows the distribution of bright galaxies in the core on Virgo Galaxy Cluster between e Virginis (Vindemiatrix) and b Leonis (Denebola).
Main named stars in Virgo: (Greek alphabet)
Auva (δ Vir), Heze (ζ Vir), Porrima (γ Vir), Rijl al Awwa (μ Vir), Spica (α Vir), Syrma (ι Vir), Vindemiatrix (ε Vir), Zaniah (η Vir), Zavijah (β Vir).
[8775] epsilon Virginis, the third brightest star in the constellation, is a yellow giant, approximately 102 light-years distant. It is also known as Vindemiatrix, or the Grape Gatherer.
Named stars: Alpha Vir (Spica/Azimech/Alaazel), Beta Vir (Alaraph), Delta Vir (Minelauva), Epsilon Vir (Almuredin/Vindemiatrix), Zeta Vir (Heze) ...
 See also: Star, Sun, Virgo, Constellation, Spica
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