IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Aquarius
The Water-Bearer
OriginAncient
AbbreviationAqr
GenitiveAquarii
Pronunciation/əˈkwɛəriəs/ genitive /əˈkwɛəriaɪ/
uh-KWAIR-ee-us
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarSadalsuud (β Aquarii)
Right Ascention 21h 31m Declination -5° 34'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.619h (37.1m)
To the ancient Greeks, Aquarius represented Ganymede, a prince of Troy who was so beautiful that Zeus sent his eagle to bring the youth to Mt. Olympus where now he serves as Zeus’ special cupbearer. To compensate Ganymede’s father, King Tros, Zeus gave immortal horses from his own herd.
www.underthesky.com
Aquarius as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←January 0427→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
1 January 0427 2 January 0427 3 January 0427 4 January 0427 5 January 0427 6 January 0427 7 January 0427 8 January 0427 9 January 0427 10 January 0427 11 January 0427 12 January 0427 13 January 0427 14 January 0427 15 January 0427 16 January 0427 17 January 0427 18 January 0427 19 January 0427 20 January 0427 21 January 0427 22 January 0427 23 January 0427 24 January 0427 25 January 0427 26 January 0427 27 January 0427 28 January 0427 29 January 0427 30 January 0427 31 January 0427 1 February 427
MD -583949 MD -583948 MD -583947 MD -583946 MD -583945 MD -583944 MD -583943 MD -583942 MD -583941 MD -583940 MD -583939 MD -583938 MD -583937 MD -583936 MD -583935 MD -583934 MD -583933 MD -583932 MD -583931 MD -583930 MD -583929 MD -583928 MD -583927 MD -583926 MD -583925 MD -583924 MD -583923 MD -583922 MD -583921 MD -583920 MD -583919 MD -583918