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 1818→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 January 1818 2 January 1818 3 January 1818 4 January 1818 5 January 1818 6 January 1818 7 January 1818 8 January 1818 9 January 1818 10 January 1818 11 January 1818 12 January 1818 13 January 1818 14 January 1818 15 January 1818 16 January 1818 17 January 1818 18 January 1818 19 January 1818 20 January 1818 21 January 1818 22 January 1818 23 January 1818 24 January 1818 25 January 1818 26 January 1818 27 January 1818 28 January 1818 29 January 1818 30 January 1818 31 January 1818 1 February 1818 5 Hydra 110 6 Hydra 110 7 Hydra 110 8 Hydra 110 9 Hydra 110 10 Hydra 110 11 Hydra 110 12 Hydra 110 13 Hydra 110 14 Hydra 110 15 Hydra 110 16 Hydra 110 17 Hydra 110 18 Hydra 110 19 Hydra 110 20 Hydra 110 21 Hydra 110 22 Hydra 110 23 Hydra 110 24 Hydra 110 25 Hydra 110 26 Hydra 110 27 Hydra 110 28 Hydra 110 1 Corvus 110 2 Corvus 110 3 Corvus 110 4 Corvus 110 5 Corvus 110 6 Corvus 110 7 Corvus 110
MD -75897 MD -75896 MD -75895 MD -75894 MD -75893 MD -75892 MD -75891 MD -75890 MD -75889 MD -75888 MD -75887 MD -75886 MD -75885 MD -75884 MD -75883 MD -75882 MD -75881 MD -75880 MD -75879 MD -75878 MD -75877 MD -75876 MD -75875 MD -75874 MD -75873 MD -75872 MD -75871 MD -75870 MD -75869 MD -75868 MD -75867 MD -75866 MS -73837 MS -73836 MS -73835 MS -73834 MS -73833 MS -73832 MS -73831 MS -73830 MS -73829 MS -73828 MS -73827 MS -73826 MS -73825 MS -73824 MS -73823 MS -73822 MS -73821 MS -73820 MS -73819 MS -73818 MS -73817 MS -73816 MS -73815 MS -73814 MS -73813 MS -73812 MS -73811 MS -73810 MS -73809 MS -73808 MS -73807