Syrma

Its story

Syrma shines 72.5 light-years away in Virgo, a class-F star barely hotter than the Sun and slightly more yellow than white. Its name comes from the Greek «syrma», the train of a robe, alluding to the fold of the maiden's mantle dragging across the sky's floor. A discreet star but heavy with literature: it appears in many ancient catalogues precisely because it served as a secondary marker beside the far more spectacular Spica.