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 1669→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
1 January 1669 2 January 1669 3 January 1669 4 January 1669 5 January 1669 6 January 1669 7 January 1669 8 January 1669 9 January 1669 10 January 1669 11 January 1669 12 January 1669 13 January 1669 14 January 1669 15 January 1669 16 January 1669 17 January 1669 18 January 1669 19 January 1669 20 January 1669 21 January 1669 22 January 1669 23 January 1669 24 January 1669 25 January 1669 26 January 1669 27 January 1669 28 January 1669 29 January 1669 30 January 1669 31 January 1669 1 February 1669 13 Monoceros 31 14 Monoceros 31 15 Monoceros 31 16 Monoceros 31 17 Monoceros 31 18 Monoceros 31 19 Monoceros 31 20 Monoceros 31 21 Monoceros 31 22 Monoceros 31 23 Monoceros 31 24 Monoceros 31 25 Monoceros 31 26 Monoceros 31 27 Monoceros 31 1 Volans 31 2 Volans 31 3 Volans 31 4 Volans 31 5 Volans 31 6 Volans 31 7 Volans 31 8 Volans 31 9 Volans 31 10 Volans 31 11 Volans 31 12 Volans 31 13 Volans 31 14 Volans 31 15 Volans 31 16 Volans 31
MD -130317 MD -130316 MD -130315 MD -130314 MD -130313 MD -130312 MD -130311 MD -130310 MD -130309 MD -130308 MD -130307 MD -130306 MD -130305 MD -130304 MD -130303 MD -130302 MD -130301 MD -130300 MD -130299 MD -130298 MD -130297 MD -130296 MD -130295 MD -130294 MD -130293 MD -130292 MD -130291 MD -130290 MD -130289 MD -130288 MD -130287 MD -130286 MS -126786 MS -126785 MS -126784 MS -126783 MS -126782 MS -126781 MS -126780 MS -126779 MS -126778 MS -126777 MS -126776 MS -126775 MS -126774 MS -126773 MS -126772 MS -126771 MS -126770 MS -126769 MS -126768 MS -126767 MS -126766 MS -126765 MS -126764 MS -126763 MS -126762 MS -126761 MS -126760 MS -126759 MS -126758 MS -126757 MS -126756