Epsilon Virginis is named Vindemiatrix (Grape Gatherer) and the star represents Virgo's right hand, extended from the maiden's body.

The area is of great interest for those with large telescopes, for the region between epsilon and omicron is chock-a-block with galaxies of all sorts, including fourteen Messier objects (if one also counts those in nearby Coma Berenices) although it would take a highly detailed star chart to find them all, and a rather large scope as well.

Epsilon itself has several Messier objects in the same field of view: binoculars.