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1. We here need to return and complete the discussion of the Virgo constellation with its stars in the 15th hour, this has not been done before.

Beyond Heze (ζ) in the 14th hour there are evidently 8 stars worthy of attention in the 15th hour:

Spica 13h 25m 11.60s 13h 25.193m 203.7
τ 14h 01m 38.78s 14h 01.646m 212.9
κ 14h 12m 53.74s 14h 12.896m 215.8
ι 14h 16m 00.88s 14h 16.015m 216.6
λ 14h 19m 06.60s 14h 19.110m 217.4
υ 14h 19m 32.55s 14h 19.543m 217.5
φ 14h 28m 12.22s 14h 28.204m 219.7
μ 14h 43m 03.56s 14h 43.059m 223.5
109 14h 46m 14.99s 14h 46.250m 224.3
  τ Virginis 4.23 01° 33′ N 13h 59m 212.9
Agena β Centauri 0.61 60° 08′ S 14h 00m 213.1
Thuban α Draconis 3.67 64° 37′ N 14h 03m 213.8
  χ Centauri 4.36 41° 11′ S 14h 04m 214.0
Menkent θ Centauri 2.06 36° 22′ S 14h 04m 214.1
Asellus Tertius κ Bootis 4.53 51° 47′ N 14h 11m 215.8
  κ Virginis 4.18 10° 16′ S
Arcturus α Bootis -0.05 19° 27′ N 14h 13m 216.4
Asellus Secundus ι Bootis 4.75 51° 22′ N 14h 13m 216.5
Syrma ι Virginis 4.07 06° 00′ S 14h 14m 216.6
  λ Bootis 4.18 46° 05′ N
  ι Lupi 3.55 46° 03′ S 14h 17m 217.3
Khambalia λ Virginis 4.52 13° 22′ S 14h 17m 217.4
  υ Virginis 5.14 02° 16′ S 14h 17m 217.5
  ψ Centauri 4.05 37° 53′ S 14h 18m 217.6
Asellus Primus θ Bootis 4.04 51° 51′ N 14h 23m 218.8
  τ¹ Lupi 4.56 45° 13′ S 14h 24m 219.1
  τ² Lupi 4.33 45° 23′ S
  φ Virginis 4.81 02° 14′ S 14h 26m 219.7
  σ Lupi 4.44 50° 27′ S 14h 28m 220.1
  ρ Bootis 3.57 30° 22′ N 14h 29m 220.5
Haris γ Bootis 3.04 38° 32′ N 14h 30m 220.7
  σ Bootis 4.47 29° 45′ N 14h 32m 221.2
  η Centauri 2.33 42° 09′ S 14h 33m 221.4
  ρ Lupi 4.05 49° 26′ S 14h 35m 222.0
Toliman α Centauri −0.01 60° 38′ S 14h 36m 222.2
  π Bootis 4.49 16° 25′ N 14h 38m 222.8
  ζ Bootis 4.43 13° 44′ N 14h 39m 222.9
Yang Mun α Lupi 2.30 47° 23′ S 14h 40m 223.1
Rijl al Awwa μ Virginis 3.87 05° 39′ S 14h 41m 223.5
  ο Bootis 4.60 16° 58′ N 14h 43m 223.9
Izar ε Bootis 2.70 27° 17′ N 14h 43m 224.0
  109 Virginis 3.73 01° 54′ N 14h 44m 224.3
Zuben Elgenubi α Librae 2.75 15° 50′ S 14h 48m 225.2
  ξ Bootis 4.54 19° 06′ N 14h 49m 225.5
  ο Lupi 4.32 43° 35′ S
Kochab β Ursae Minoris 2.07 74° 22′ N 14h 51m 226.0
Ke Kwan β Lupi 2.68 43° 08′ S 14h 56m 227.3
Ke Kwan κ Centauri 3.13 42° 06′ S 14h 57m 227.4
Zuben Elakribi δ Librae 4.91 08° 19′ S 14h 58m 227.8

At the time of my astronomy book τ Virginis was not at the beginning of the 15th hour but at the end of the 14th hour.

109 Virginis is the rather bright star (3.73) with no special name at the end of the right foot of Virgo, the last one in the outline of the constellation.