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 1592→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
1 January 1592 2 January 1592 3 January 1592 4 January 1592 5 January 1592 6 January 1592 7 January 1592 8 January 1592 9 January 1592 10 January 1592 11 January 1592 12 January 1592 13 January 1592 14 January 1592 15 January 1592 16 January 1592 17 January 1592 18 January 1592 19 January 1592 20 January 1592 21 January 1592 22 January 1592 23 January 1592 24 January 1592 25 January 1592 26 January 1592 27 January 1592 28 January 1592 29 January 1592 30 January 1592 31 January 1592 1 February 1592
MD -158442 MD -158441 MD -158440 MD -158439 MD -158438 MD -158437 MD -158436 MD -158435 MD -158434 MD -158433 MD -158432 MD -158431 MD -158430 MD -158429 MD -158428 MD -158427 MD -158426 MD -158425 MD -158424 MD -158423 MD -158422 MD -158421 MD -158420 MD -158419 MD -158418 MD -158417 MD -158416 MD -158415 MD -158414 MD -158413 MD -158412 MD -158411