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1 That’s a star named Spica that belongs to the Virgo constellation.

2 Just above Luna is bright Venus, followed by the blue star Spica and faint ruddy Mars.

3 Just after sunset on Wednesday, look for the thin crescent moon to pair up with Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, very low in the southwest.

4 After arriving at Arcturus, go down in a straight line, or as Dr. Faherty said, “Spike down from it to the star Spica, which is this beautiful blue star, very bright.”

5 That’s five million miles closer than last year’s opposition, and so it should be stunningly bright, outshining even than the nearby brilliant star Spica.

6 Jupiter — hanging out near the star Spica in the constellation Virgo — rises in the east at about 1 a.m. now.

7 When a family with a teenager is just starting to save for college, the first step is to evaluate risk tolerance, says Kathryn Spica, a mutual fund analyst at Morningstar.

8 “You’ll get half the benefit if the second spouse dies outside this new regime,” Mr. Spica said.

9 On the evening of May 3, the nearly-full Moon passes just to the north of the bright star Spica.

10 Its visual dominance is in large part because Spica is actually two stars orbiting each other.

11 Stargazers in the Western Hemisphere will be able to enjoy the sight of Venus in conjunction with Spica on Sept. 5, according to EarthSky.

12 As the nearly full moon makes its track through the southwestern sky this week, it will pay a visit to Spica, a bright star about 250 light-years away.

13 In the west-southwestern sky after sunset find Jupiter and its 2017 travel companion — the star Spica — hanging out low above the horizon.

14 Look closely, perhaps with binoculars, and a third celestial object, the blue star Spica, will appear just below the cosmic pair.

15 Saturn and Spica are nearly the same brightness but exhibit different colors.

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16 The striking, steely blue star Spica is the 15th brightest star in the sky despite being just over 250 light-years from Earth.

17 “We’re lucky it’s as tame as it is, because the legislation is just idiotic,” said James Spica, an estate tax specialist with Dickinson Wright in Detroit.

18 The brighter spot is the planet Venus, sitting just 13 light-minutes from Earth, while its stellar companion is the 250-light-year-away star Spica.

19 Look for the waxing gibbous moon as it passes very close to the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, and the star Spica.

20 The blue-colored star Spica is the brightest member of the constellation Virgo.

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