Every year has a star on this date. In a few cases you have a choice. Remember that a smaller magnitude number is a brighter star, if that is your preference.

Name: 3Nu VIR
Birthday from Jack’s initial research: Sep 18
Magnitude: 4.0
Spectrum/Star type: Red Giant
Distance in Light Years: 315
Diameter compared to Sun: ~40x
Luminosity compared to Sun: over 300x
Date best observed: May 3
Additional information: About 2 degrees above Nu is Xi VIR, 4.8 magnitude, 120 light-years, White, ~2x brighter and~15X more luminous than the sun.

Name: 93 LEO
Birthday from Jack’s initial research: Sep 19
Magnitude: 4.5
Spectrum/Star type: white
Distance in Light Years: 225
Diameter compared to Sun: 4
Luminosity compared to Sun: 25
Date best observed: May 4
Additional information: Located just outside of the zodiac, 93 Leo is a spectroscopic binary. With brighter Beta, Delta, and Theta,93 LEO made a rectangular “Bed” in the Hindu Lunar Zodiac.

Name: 94Beta LEO Denebola
Birthday from Jack’s initial research: Sept 19
Magnitude: 2.1 just slightly variable
Spectrum/Star type: White
Distance in Light Years: 36
Diameter compared to Sun: 2
Luminosity compared to Sun: 14
Date best observed: May 4
Additional information: Denebola is outside of the zodiac. The name translates as “The Lion’s Tail”. Nicknamed “Changer of the Seasons”. When we see Denebola in the east, it is getting warmer, and in the west, getting cooler. With bright Arcturus and Spica, and dimmer Cor Caroli (below The Handle of The Big Dipper), Denebola forms Spring’s “Diamond of Virgo”. It is surrounded by a dust cloud where planets may be forming.