Epsilon Virginis
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Epsilon Virginis (ε Vir / ε Virginis) is a star in the constellation Virgo. It also has the traditional name Vindemiatrix, which comes from Greek through Latin and means The Grape Gatherer.
Vindemiatrix is a yellow giant star of apparent magnitude 2.85 and spectral class G8 III about 102 light years from Earth. It has a luminosity 83 times that of the sun with a surface temperature of 4990 kelvins.
There is evidence that Vindemiatrix is part of the Hyades group, associated with the cluster of that name in the constellation Taurus.
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