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Its story

6 Virginis is an orange K0III giant about 171 light-years away, set within the slender figure of the Virgin. Its radius is five times the Sun's and its luminosity around sixteen times solar, yet its surface burns cooler —near 4,940 K— giving it a serene orange tint. It approaches us at about nine kilometres per second, sliding its light past the densest corner of the Virgo galaxy cluster.